Only 5% of the candidates for the Council of Elders are women

Let us remind that on November 5^th local self-government elections will be held in 69 communities of the republic, in 3 of which will be heldelections of the head of the community, and 34 are the largest communities. In Artashat, Goris and Shirakamut, the nominations were launched yesterday, in the remaining registration expired on October 11^th.

It should be noted that only 15 of the 69 communities will have elections of the community head (including 3 extraordinary ones), in 17 communities only council members will be elected, and in 37 communities – community members and head elections will be held simultaneously.

As we have already informed, 135 candidates have been registered in 49 communities, 3 of which are women. Two of them are RPA, one is self-nominated. Women Zoya Gevorgyan, Karine Martirosyan, Donara Hakhinyan will compete in Geghamasar, Geghakar and Odzun Communities of Lori marz of Gegharkunik region respectively.

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