MURDER SUSPECT ELECTED MAYOR
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| 12:48:53 | 10-10-2005 | Politics |
October 9 in the town of Nor Hachin the elections of the local
governing bodies were held. There were two candidates for the post
of the mayor – the present mayor Armen Qeshishyan who is charged with
murder, and Babken Margaryan.
The present mayor Armen Qeshishyan has been re-elected with a
difference of 320 votes. By preliminary data 4437 of the 8553 electors
have participated in the elections. 2160 of them voted for Qeshishyan,
and 1840 – for Margaryan.
Armen Qeshishyan rang up his relatives and the members of the electoral
headquarters from the prison and congratulated them.
We also learned from the Central Electoral Committee that there were
no violations during the whole electoral process.
By the way, there is information according to which the residents of
Nor Hachin have been assured that in case of having many votes the
present mayor will be “saved”.
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