Yerevan Mayor tenders resignation
Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan has submitted his resignation today, according to a press release by Yerevan's Municipality.
It came after press reports on a scanadal involving Yerevan Mayor.
Earlier in the day, Spokesperson for the Armenian President, Armen Arzumanyan confirmed the incident between Yerevan Mayor Gagik Beglaryan and Aram Kandayan, an employee of the Department of Protocol at the presidential office.
"Yes, unfortunately, there has been such an incident. Of course, the press has been exaggerative in the description of the event saying Kandayan has been kidnapped and beaten. There has been neither kidnapping, nor beating. However, there has been an incident between the two men," said Arzumanyan.
"Armenian President has repeatedly expressed his opinion on such incidents. This behavior is unacceptable, especially in the case of officials," he said.
According to press reports, the incident between Gagik Beglaryan and Aram Kandayan sparked after Kandayan asked Beglaryan's wife to change her seat at Yerevan-hosted concert of Spanish tenor Placido Domingo on December 3. Beglaryan's spouse and her friend took seats next to Armenian president, which, according to the protocol, are meant for the Catholicos of All Armenians, Parliamentary Speaker and Armenia's Prime Minister.
