"Hraparak" newspaper writes:
"After forcing the resignation of the party that won the Gyumri elections with criminal prosecutions, the KP continues to usurp power.
Now they are trying to get the members of the Council of Elders on their side to secure a quorum and convene a meeting.
Pashinyan wants to repeat the scenario of Vanadzor here: to appoint deputy Karen Sarukhanyan or some other person as the deputy of the mayor. The goal is to go to the special local government elections as late as possible. At the moment, it is impossible for the KP to win in Gyumri, they want the KP mayor to work a little to solve some problems at the expense of the budget, and the number of voters in the upcoming elections. increase.
However, the Local Government Law also states that a meeting of the Council of Elders must be convened within 14 days after the appointment of the MP, otherwise the Council of Elders will be dissolved and extraordinary elections will be called. 14 of the 33 members of the Gyumri Council of Elders were from the "Balasanyan Alliance", now, in fact, the Council of Elders has 19 members. members, 11 of which are CP, "Aprelu Yerkir" and RPA have 2 mandates each, "Zartonk" party has 4 members.
A quorum must be ensured for the council meeting: 17 members must be present.
According to reports, the manhunt has not been successful so far. If this continues, according to everything, special elections will be called in Gyumri after 3 months, because the local government law stipulates that if the council of elders does not hold meetings 3 times in a row, the government makes a decision to dissolve it, it is mandatory to convene a meeting once a month.
If the Council of Elders is dissolved due to non-attendance of meetings, then the extraordinary session will approximately fall in the middle of March. By the way, they can also convene a meeting and elect a mayor from the council of elders, but this is unlikely."
