On the campaign trail: Candidates in mayoral polls embark on four-week electioneering
Six political parties and one bloc last weekend officially started campaigning for what is going to be Yerevan’s first mayoral elections in nearly two decades.
Among the political forces running for the capital city’s Assembly are the governing Republican Party of Armenia (RPA, led by incumbent appointed mayor Gagik Beglaryan), pro-establishment Prosperous Armenia and Orinats Yerkir, the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Dashnaktsutyun (ARF) as well as the People’s Party and the Labor-Socialist Party of Armenia. Reply |