ArmInfo.New mayor of Vardenis Aharon Khachatryan took the oath in the street - in front of the building of the city administration.
Earlier, police officers blocked the entrance to the Vardenis administration, explaining it by the fact that the outcome of the elections was contested in court and the entrance to the building will be closed until the Administrative Court makes a decision. As a result, the opposition decided to hold the inauguration of elected mayor of the city, Aharon Khachatryan, on the street.
On December 5, local elections were held in the Vardenis community. The ruling Civil Contract party received 13 mandates, "Aharon Khachatryan" bloc - 10, and the United Vardenis - 4. Candidate for the head of the Vardenis community from the ruling party Aram Melkonyan proposed to the opposition to lay down mandates and hold new elections. However, on December 30, opposition representatives of the Council of Elders of Vardenis convened a meeting and elected Aharon Khachatryan as mayor of the city with 14 votes. Representatives of the Civil Contract called the meeting illegal and boycotted it, saying that they had not been warned about the meeting.