"Hraparak" newspaper writes:
"At yesterday's session of the CP Department, which was chaired by Pashinyan, the list of candidates for Gyumri mayor's party was discussed. Sarik Minasyan, who became a deputy on Edmon Marukyan's LAP list in 2018, is among the participants in that illegal primary, and is now the head of the Gyumri regional department of the social security service.
According to some information, the government suggested him to run, because he has a high reputation in Gyumri.
But Anna Hakobyan also has a great desire to appoint her relative Vahagn Mkrtchyan to the post of mayor with the prospect of being elected in the future. By the way, according to some sources, as a result of the polls conducted in Gyumri, the ratings of the forces and candidates who have announced their participation so far have the following distribution: former mayor Vardan Ghukasyan is in first place, CP and DOK are in second place, and Aram Zaven Sargsyan is in third place. "Republic", the radical opposition has not yet made a statement.
