Kapan Mayor withdraws his candidacy from mayoral race![]() August 30, 2012 - 16:53 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - ARF Dashnaktsutyun member, current mayor of Armenia’s Kapan city Artur Atayan submitted a statement to electoral commission #38 on withdrawing his candidacy from September 9 local government elections. “Representative of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) Ashot Hayrapetyan remains the only candidate for mayor’s post,” commission head Sergey Sargsyan told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. Partner news Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting. Orinats Yerkir party held a political council meeting on May 15, chaired by party leader Artur Baghdasaryan. Partner news |