Parties and coalitions who have expressed intention to participate in the Yerevan City Council election have submitted their lists. There is one coalition among the parties, “Hello, Yerevan,” in which the Heritage Party, the Democratic Path Party, and the Conservative Party representatives are included. 64 people are included in the list of the coalition. Among the first three are Armen Martirosyan, the deputy leader of the Heritage Party, Anahit Bakhshyan, the director of the National Institute of Education, and Mesrop Movsesyan, the director of the Meltex LLC and the president of the A1+ TV company. The list of the coalition stands out for the fact that the majority of persons included in it are representatives of the social sector – journalists, public relations officers, lawyers, and business consultants. For example, Davit Sanasaryan, the editor of the website www.lurer.com, Ani Kocharyan, also known in show business as Ani Kochar, the director of the Ani Kochar Production LLC and the founder of the Yes journal, are on the list. Let us note that her husband is Arman Musheghyan, an expert of the Heritage Party parliamentary group. Alen Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of the Ararat journal, is also on the list of “Hello, Yerevan.” As opposed to the Republican Party of Armenia and the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) lists, private entrepreneurs and businessmen account for small percentage here. Sedrak Baghdasaryan, the head of the Victims of State Needs NGO who has opposed the illegal construction in Yerevan many times and is known as an opponent of misappropriating historic and cultural monuments, is also on the list of “Hello, Yerevan.” Armen Poghosyan, the president of the Union of Consumers, is on the list of “Hello, Yerevan” too. Hovsep Khurshudyan, the press secretary of the Heritage Party, is number 13 on the list. Suren Zolyan, a former rector of Yerevan State Linguistic University After V. Bryusov who is involved in a serious conflict with Armen Ashotyan, the Minister of Education and Science, is also on this list. There are few persons among 65-man list of the ARF who are famous among the public. For example, the supplier of the Home Depot, the driver of the National Assembly, the operator of the Vivacell Gh-Telecom CJSC, and others. There are representatives of the press on the ARF list too – Alesya Bejanyan, the commentator of the First Informational, Public Television, and Arayik Hovhannisyan, the director of the Yerkir LLC. There are not many famous people on the 42-man list of the ANC either. Instead, there are many unemployed people. There are representatives of academia on the ANC list too – for example, Vahe Boyajyan, chief
scientific worker of the Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography. One can seldom come across businessmen on the list; it stands out among the lists submitted by other parties for a large number of students. The Mission Party also participates in the Yerevan City Council election. There are many nonpartisans on the 29-man list they have submitted. In particular, 12 of them are nonpartisan. There are no people on the list who are known to the general public. Mainly marketing and banking specialists are on the list.
Tatev HARUTYUNYAN
