Ruling party dismisses Yerevan mayor, appoints new candidate

Below is the statement spread by the My Step faction of the Yerevan Council of Elders.

“Taking into account that:

1. As a result of the elections held in September 2018, the My Step bloc has formed a city government with a joint political operational responsibility arising from it;
2. Hayk Marutyan was elected mayor as a result of one revolutionary mandate of the citizens who voted for the My Step bloc in the September 2018 elections;
3. Hayk Marutyan, who ran in the above-mentioned elections as a candidate of the CC party’s number one on the electoral list of the My Step bloc, in December 2020 left the CC party and them during the decisive political events, he reaffirmed the decision not to share any political responsibility with the My Step bloc;
4. Hayk Marutyan has not fulfilled with sufficient efficiency and does not fulfill the obligations of the My Step bloc undertaken before the citizens of Yerevan reflected in election platform;
5. Hayk Marutyan has not sufficiently fulfilled and does not fulfill the most important mission of eradicating systemic corruption from Yerevan Municipality;
6. The bloc’s mandate to the people of Yerevan cannot be fulfilled in a situation when the mayor has cut ties with the political majority of the Council of Elders, the My Step bloc. The My Step faction has initiated a process of expressing no confidence in Mayor Hayk Marutyan. The Alliance nominates the incumbent First Deputy Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan for the post of Yerevan Mayor.

We thank Hayk Marutyan for the joint work, we wish him success in his new political haven.