ArmInfo. Heritage party will participate in the elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, which will subsequently elect the mayor of the capital of Armenia, the party's press service reports. The decision was made following the results of today's vote at the meeting of the party's board.
Recall that the former mayor of Yerevan, Taron Margaryan, who held this post since 2011, announced the resignation on July 9. Earlier, protests took place in the Armenian capital demanding his resignation. Actor Hayk Marutyan (from the Civil Contract party), Zaruhi Postanjyan (leader of the Yerkir Tsirani party), Ararat Zurabyan (Armenian National Movement) will participate in the early elections to the Yerevan City Council in September this year. The "Enlightened Armenia" Party and the "Republic" propose the candidacy of the Minister of Justice of Armenia Artak Zeynalyan. The daughter of the prominent Armenian architect Arthur Tarkhanyan, the wife of the political prisoner recently released and convicted by the former authorities for organizing the riots, Andreas Ghoukasyan - Anahit Tarkhanyan (GALA party) also expressed a desire to run.