Agreement violated: Republican member elected Vanadzor Mayor (video)
33-member Council of Elders of Vanadzor today has elected a Mayor. Few minutes ago the Committee on Counting summed up the data. According to the results, Republican Mamikon Aslanyan received 19 votes, candidate of Bright Armenia Party Krist Marukyan has received 14 votes.
“There will be more sessions of the Council of Elders, and it will turn out who voted against, noted Head of Bright Armenia Party Edmon Marukyan after the session, the society will learn what happened.”
According to Mr. Marukyan, it was result of pressures and threats, “That’s why we suggested holding open voting; there were calls, different kinds of pressures. I have nothing to lose, it is also a process, another fact which was registered, I don’t consider it to be a victory for the Republican Party; it cannot have future.”
Edmon Marukyan reminded a principle from Bible, “Bad tree cannot produce good fruit.”
To remind, two day ago 3 political forces, Bright Armenia, Armenian Renaissance, and Prosperous Armenia parties signed an agreement, expressing readiness to support the candidate of Bright Armenia Krist Marukyan. In that case the latter would receive 18 votes and would become a Mayor. But Republican candidate Mamikon Aslanyan has become a Mayor with 19 votes. Krist Marukyan received 14 votes.
