Pashinyan party seeks impeachment of Yerevan mayor

The My Step faction in Yerevan's Council of Elders dominated by the Civil Contract party of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has begun the process of a vote of no confidence in the mayor of the Armenian capital Hayk Marutyan.

“According to preliminary information, we already have 39 signatures [of council members,] more than the 33 signatures necessary [for a no confidence motion,]" member of the faction Armen Kotolyan said.

"The process has started, and I think that Hayk Marutyan will be dismissed before the end of this month," ARKA cited him as saying.

The Yerevan Council of Elders currently consists of three factions: My Step (54 members), Prosperous Armenia (5 members), and Luys (3 members).