Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan submitted his resignation.
"The issue regarding the mayor of Yerevan has already been resolved," the Zhoghovurd newspaper cited the source in the mayor's office. "Margaryan wrote a letter of resignation and didn't show up at work for a few days," the source added.
In addition, according to the newspaper, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has no plans to keep Margaryan as head of the Yerevan administration.
In May, protesters demanding the resignation of Margaryan have burst into the administration building of Yerevan, Gazeta.ru recalls.
Margaryan's predecessor, Ex-mayor of Yerevan Vahagn Khachatryan, speaking with the correspondent of Vestnik Kavkaza, noted that the retired mayor had no chance of remaining in office. "He was part of Serzh Sargsyan's team and therefore should not remain in power for long after the revolution, since the people have no trust in these officials. The previous system of governing the country, including in Yerevan, was built on the implementation of a large set of corruption schemes, but now everyone, including Margaryan, had to start working in a different way," he said in the first place.
"In fact, his resignation was inevitable, as well as the resignation of all Sargsyan's people in Armenia, and those remaining in office, will also have to leave. Perhaps, Margaryan's departure should have happened a month ago. The last straw was, probably, the publication of a video about his property. Of course, everyone knew for a long time that he builds houses at his city expense, but this short video shocked the society and Yerevan residents. Apparently it has made it impossible for Margaryan to remain in office," Vahagn Khachatryan said.
"Speaking of the memory that Taron Margaryan will leave behind, the most powerful impressions are the last ones. He will be remembered as one of those who was part of the corruption system and robbed the people for many years in power," the former mayor of Yerevan concluded.
