YEREVAN. – Those who are not voting have no right to express discontent, Armenia’s first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan said at a polling station on Sunday (Photo).

Talking to reporters, Levon Ter-Petrosyan refused to share his expectations from the elections to the Yerevan Council.

“I want to urge people to participate in the elections and to vote for whomever they want,” said the leader of the Armenian National Congress.  

The second Yerevan Council of Elders elections are being conducted on Sunday, and 464 precincts have opened for the voting. A total of 816,457 people are included in the voters’ list.

Six political parties and one bloc are running in the vote. They are the Republican Party of Armenia, Prosperous Armenia Party, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law), Armenian National Congress Party (ANCP), Arakelutyun (Mission) Party , ARF Dashnaktsutyun Party, and the “Barev, [Hello] Yerevan” bloc of parties.

The participating political forces are vying for 65 Council of Elders seats. The council election is held with proportional—that is, party—lists only.

Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am