"Hraparak" newspaper writes:
"Although political circles are already talking that, according to preliminary calculations, extraordinary elections will be held in Gyumri on December 29 (the norm of the local government law will apply that if a session is convened and a mayor is not elected twice, the council of elders is dissolved, and elections are held 30 days later is appointed), but in the local political field, particularly among the opposition parties, the situation is still tense. They announced their initial intentions to participate. DOK led by Dogi, "Republic" of Aram Sargsyan, as well as "Land of Living" party founded by Ruben Vardanyan.
Instead, radical oppositionists are still silent. We learned that the representatives of several parties have been conducting consultations with MP Martun Grigoryan of the "I have honor" faction of the National Assembly in recent days, they are persuading him to run, but the MP categorically refuses.
The point is that the government took the opposition field by surprise, and the potential candidates believe that there is no time to prepare properly, and it is not possible to win in hasty elections, so there is a fear that the CP in Gyumri wants to repeat the experience of Yerevan, to take over Aram. In cooperation with Zavenich and Dog."
More details in today's issue of the newspaper
