Civil Contract decides to expel National Progress, leader, opposition  reps from Yerevan City Council

ArmInfo.Civil Contract, together with its accomplices, decided to expel the leader of the largest party, National Progress, Hayk Marutyan and other opposition members of the Council of Elders from the Yerevan Council of Elders, reads a statement by National Congress.

"This legally and politically erroneous action pursues exclusively 

one goal: to silence the opposition and deprive it of the opportunity 

to fight the harmful decisions of the corrupt and incompetent city 

authorities," the National Progress party noted.

The right of oppositionists to express their political position is 

one of the most important principles of democracy and one of the 

pillars of local self-government. "Thus, the ruling minority ignores 

the voices of every Yerevan citizen who voted for our strength," the 

statement says.

Time has shown that the current government does not care about the 

values it proclaims and is guided exclusively by narrow group 

interests. National Progress is confident that the only issue that 

makes sense to discuss with this government is the removal of the 

pseudo-mayor, who is too expensive for the health and pockets of the 

citizens.