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MAYOR SHOULD BE ELECTED BY RESIDENTS

Politics

The Mayor of Yerevan is appointed and dismissed by the President. Yerevan has the status of region. The draft of constitutional amendments provides for transforming the status the city to a community.

“If Yerevan is a community it should be headed by an elective person independent of those who appointed him”, one of the Yerevan residents said when responding to our question whether the Mayor of Yerevan should be elected or appointed. April 1-6 we addressed this question to 100 citizens. 55% of the respondents stated the Mayor should be an elective figure. 20 hold the opinion that according to the Constitution he should be an appointee. 25% of those surveyed found difficulty in answering.

According to the experts of the Venice Commission, the appointment and dismissal of the Mayor by the President is one of the key violations of the local democracy and principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government. According chapter 3.2 of the Charter the Mayor is elected by the resident of the city.

Karine Asatryan