YEREVAN.- ARF Dashnaktsutyun will nominate Hovsep Simonyan for the pot of Mayor of Gyumir, Armenia’s second largest city, ARFD member Gervorg Alekyan told reporters on Monday.

Hovsep Simonyan is deputy head of financial economic department of the Shirak Region administration. 

Prosperous Armenia Party has already nominated Samvel Balasanyan. At the same time, the incumbent Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan is a member of the Republican Party of Armenia. 

Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) has decided to nominate its own candidate for the mayoral elections in Vanadzor city, too.  

In the voting, which is scheduled for September 9, the PAP will nominate Edik Karakhanyan, who is a Party Political Board member and Deputy Governor of the Lori Region.