Mayor to resign office
An early election will be held in the city of Nor Hachn.
According to some verified sources, the incumbent mayor Gevorg Avetisyan is going to tender his resignation to Kotayk's Marzpet (Marz governor).
Gevorg Avetisyan is said to have problems with the City Council. He is affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK). Most Aldermen are also BHK members.
Gevorg Avetisyan was elected City Mayor in the result of an early election on December 11, 2005. Previously, he occupied the position of Assistant Director of "Electric Networks of Armenia" CJSC.
The early election became a must after ex Mayor Armen Keshishyan who was then taken under arrest with charges of murdering the head of Arzni-based "Electric Networks" Company Ashot Mkhitaryan was reelected to the post.
It was the first time an arrested person had been elected to a top position in Armenia.
Anyway, the Territorial Election Commission found the election results invalid, and a new election was conducted.
Armen Keshishyan was sentenced to a 3.6-year imprisonment. He was released in May 2008.
