Naira Zohrabyan: Prosperous Armenia Party does support opposition  candidate for Vanadzor mayor

ArmInfo.  Leader of Prosperous Armenia Party Naira Zohrabyan told ArmInfo's correspondent her Party does support the single opposition candidate for Vanadzor mayor, a representative of Bright Armenia Party Krist Marukyan. She urged the Lori regional administration against any efforts to persuade her  Party to change its decision.

She did not disclaim the mass media reports that representatives of  the Lori regional administration tried to meet with the Vanadzor  Elders' Council members - representatives of Prosperous Armenia Party  over the issue.  

"Our representatives at the Elders' Council will vote for Marukyan.  It is our final decision. However, to avoid any political  speculations, I call for an open, not secret voting for the Vanadzor  Mayor at the Elders' Council, the more so as the Council is free to  change the system of voting," Naira Zohrabyan said.  According to  media rumors, the local administration is trying to exert pressure on  the Prosperous Armenia Party and Armenian Rebirth Party members at  the Vanadzor Elders' Council to make them vote for the ruling  Republican Party candidate Mamikon Aslanyan. 

Vanadzor mayor will be elected on October 10.The united opposition  will nominate Krist Marukyan, the No.1 candidate in the Bright  Armenia Party list, for the post of Vanadzor Mayor, after the Party  took second place after the Republican Party during October 2  elections. 

Late in the evening, on October 6, leaders of Bright Armenia Edmon  Marukyan and Armenian Rebirth Arthur Baghadasaryan agreed that the  Armenian Rebirth Party will support Bright Armenia's candidate for  Vanadzor mayor.  Prosperous Armenia Party that took the fourth place  in the election to the Vanadzor Elders' Council has also joined the  two opposition parties and agreed to support Krist Marukyan's  candidature.  As a result, the united opposition has all the chances  to push through its candidate for Vanadzor Mayor through secret  voting at the Elders' Council. Although the Republican Party won the  local elections in Vanadzor, it did not receive sufficient votes to  get absolute majority at the Elders' Council and appoint its  candidate for mayor.