Prime Minister Appoints 'End to Velvet' Slogan Advocate as Acting Mayor Instead of Resigning Mayor

The acting head of the Tumanyan community in the Lori region, Tigran Mikayelyan, demonstrated his loyalty to Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan just two days after his appointment. The temporary head of the newly consolidated community transported people to the March 1 demonstration organized by the authorities using buses and provided live coverage and photos of the rally and subsequent march throughout the event.

On the eve of his appointment on February 25, Mikayelyan posted on his page, stating, “End to Velvet H.G. everywhere,” and just hours later posted photos from an earlier urgent gathering organized by Pashinyan, repeating