All city development programmes in Gyumri to be continued - acting  mayor 

ArmInfo. Candidate for the post of mayor of Gyumri from the ruling Civil Contract party in Armenia Sarik Minasyan gives assurances that all programs for the development  and improvement of the city will be continued.

"Dear residents of Gyumri, dear fellow citizens! Thank you for each  of your votes, for each of your trust and respect. For us, a person  is the highest value, and there is no place for threats, coercion,  deception, cynicism and lies in our principles. We are grateful for  your trust, which you demonstrated by gaining twice as many votes as  the second largest party that passed the election threshold. The  votes given to us will serve Gyumri and all Gyumreans. We will  continue all our programs for the development and improvement of the  city," Sarik Minasyan wrote on his page on the social network.

Meanwhile, Vahe Ghalumyan, a member of the National Assembly of the  Republic of Armenia from the Civil Contract party, believes that at  the moment the party cannot single-handedly form the government in  Gyumri. According to him, it is necessary to wait for the final  results of the elections, and then draw the appropriate conclusions.  "The results of the elections to the Council of Elders held in Gyumri  show that our candidate Sarik Minasyan, who worked as the acting head  of the community for two months, received twice as many votes as  candidate Vardan Ghukasyan, who led Gyumri for 10 years," Ghalumyan  said.

On March 30, elections to the Council of Elders were held in Gyumri.  As of 08:00, the Central Election Commission of Armenia published  data from 81 out of 82 polling stations. According to this data, the  ruling Civil Contract party (acting mayor Sarik Minasyan) is in the  lead with a result of 36.80% (16,938 votes). The Communist Party of  Armenia (former mayor Vardan Ghukasyan) came in second, with 20.71%  of the votes cast (9,537). The third place went to the Our City bloc  (MP Martun Grigoryan) with 15.85% (7,296). The votes were then  distributed as follows: My Powerful Community Party (Ruben  Mkhitaryan) - 7.94% (3,659), Mother Armenia bloc (Karen Simonyan) -  6.18% (2,844).