"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Electing the head of the community during the rule of Nikol Pashinyan without being nominated by the CP carries serious risks. once elected, imprisonment becomes inevitable. There are dozens of examples. "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper compiled a list of the leaders of RA communities who are not CP members and were arrested and detained by Nikol Pashinyan's government. - On 07.06.2021, Lusine Avetyan, the administrative head of Karahunj settlement of Goris community, was arrested. he was a representative of the "Armenia" alliance in Goris. - On 07.07.2021, Arush Arushanyan, the head of the Goris community, was arrested and then detained.
- On 07/08/2021, the mayor of Kajaran, Manvel Paramazyan, was arrested and then detained. - On 22.04.2021, Meghri Mayor Mkhitar Zakaryan was arrested and then detained. - On 17. 07. 2021, Artur Sargsyan, the head of the Sisian community, was arrested and detained. - On 06 October 2021, Mamikon Aslanyan, the elected mayor of Vanadzor, was arrested and then detained. - On 05.12.2023, the Alaverdi Council of Elders, in a building besieged by police officers, expressed no confidence in Arkady Tamazyan, the representative of "Land of Living", and Davit Ghumashyan, a member of the Alaverdi Community Council of Elders of the "Civil Agreement" party, was elected the head of the community.
- On 20.10.2025, Gyumri community head Vardan Ghukasyan was arrested and then detained. - 23. On 09.2025, Valodya Grigoryan, head of the enlarged Parakar community, was killed in the yard of his house. - On 28.10.2025, Davit Hambardzumyan, head of the Masis community, was arrested. - On 29.10.2025, yesterday, the tenure of Byureghavan community leader Hakob Balasyan was suspended. The criminal proceedings against him are related to the illegal expropriation of land through auctions. An absence ban was applied to Balasyan.
Of course, there are community leaders who still hold office, but "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper received information that soon all those community leaders who did not become members of the CP or did not take the "loyalty oath" will be removed from their positions for any reason, at the cost of arrest.
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
