Thursday, August 3 2023 18:49

ArmInfo. Nomination of candidates for participation in elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan  began on August 3, but so far no party has applied for participation.  Head of the Central Election Commission Vahagn Hovakimyan announced  on August 3 at a press conference.

According to Hovakimyan, applications for participation in the  elections will be accepted on August 3-13, candidates will be  registered on August 13-18, election campaigns will be organized on  August 23-September 15, and September 16 will be declared the day of  silence.

As of July 14, the number of voters with the right to vote in the  elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan is 823 thousand 559  people. In the previous elections, in September 2018, this number was  848,343. <The reason, I think, is that data on citizens whose  documents are overdue by 6 months or more have been removed from the  lists. In fact, as a result of these changes, the number of voters in  Yerevan decreased by 25,000," Hovakimyan said.

Vahagn Hovakimyan also noted that the CEC added new tools to the  online toolkit for nominating parties in the upcoming September 17  elections.

The head of the CEC said that invitations to participate in the  elections to the Council of Elders as observers were sent to the  electoral authorities of 20 countries and 5 international  organizations.

Yerevan Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan resigned on March 17. Elections of the  city council (council of elders) of Yerevan will be held on September  17. The party that wins them will form the city government and elect  the mayor of Yerevan. The current vice-mayor, former vice-premier  Tigran Avinyan is running for the post of mayor from the ruling Civil  Contract party. Head of the Luys faction in the Council of Elders   David Khazhakyan, former head of the Kentron (Center) administrative   district of Yerevan Viktor Mnatsakanyan, chair of the Country of   living party Mane Tandilyan,  member of the board of the National  Progress party Hayk Grigoryan, Major General of Justice Nelli   Harutyunyan from the Fatherland Power  party will also take part in   the elections. The For Social Justice  party (also known as For the  Sake of Social  Justice) also announced its participation in the elections.