In what appears to be another consolation prize granted to him by the Armenian government, businessman Gagik Tsarukian is likely to retain de facto control over a town near Yerevan that has long been his political and economic stronghold.
Voters in Abovian will go to the polls on June 7 to elect a successor to Karapet Guloyan, the town's previous mayor and Tsarukian's son-in-law who was promoted last month to become governor of the surrounding Kotayk province.
The government named Guloyan to run Kotayk almost one month after Tsarukian stepped down as leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) and retired from active politics under strong pressure from President Serzh Sarkisian.
Armenian News
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