Arush Arushanyan Installed as Goris Community Head by Force of Law

• 11.11.2021, 13:02
•  World,  Armenia

Panorama.am

The newly elected Council of Elders of Goris, a community in Armenia’s Syunik Province, convened its first meeting on Thursday, Panorama.am reports.

13 seats in the council are held by the bloc led by Arush Arushanyan, who won reelection by a wide margin in the 17 October local elections three months after his arrest. The ruling Civil Contract party has 7 seats and the Armenian National Congress – one seat.

The meeting was chaired by the oldest member of the Goris Council of Elders, Armenuhi Sonoyan.

Arush Arushanyan was installed as Goris community head by force of law.

He remains in custody.