News - Parakar community has a new leader. The Civil Contract party boycotted the city council meeting.

Parakar community has a new leader. Civil Contract boycotted the council session Grisha Balasanian 2025-10-07 11:24:00 Parakar community has a new leader. Civil Contract boycotted the council session The Parakar community council today elected a new head of the community. He was elected to the Parakar community council on the list of the Unity party alliance. Onik Akhverdyan is a member of the Living Country party. The members of the Civil Contract and National Progress factions did not participate in the mayoral election. The leaders of these political forces’ factions are the former heads of the Parakar community, namely Ludvig Gyulnazaryan and David Minasyan. It should be noted that on September 23, 2025, at 23:52, a call was received that gunshots were heard on the Yerevan Highway near the Mdzavan locality in the Armavir region. The head of Parakar community Valodya Grigoryan was killed near his home, and his friend, a police officer Karen Abrahamyan. One person with a gunshot wound was taken to hospital. In connection with the incident, a criminal case has been initiated by the Vagharshapat Investigative Department of the Armavir Regional Investigative Department under Article 155(1) Part 2 (murder), Article 44-155(1) Part 1 (attempted murder) and Article 335(1) Part 1 (illegal circulation of firearms, its main components, ammunition and other materials, devices, objects). Two people have been detained. Recall that Valodya Grigoryan was elected the head of Parakar community on March 30, 2025, in the extraordinary council elections. To take office, four political forces submitted applications: Civil Contract, National Progress, Stability, and the Unity alliance of the parties, which consists of the Living Country and Victory parties. Valodya Grigoryan headed the Unity alliance’s list. According to the election results, three political forces were elected: Civil Contract, National Progress, and the Unity alliance. If you find a typo, you can send it to us by selecting the typo and pressing CTRL+Enter.