New 'War' Inside the Government: Political Scientist

Political scientist Suren Surenyants, commenting on the developments surrounding Deputy Mayor Gevorg Simonyan, wrote: "There is a new 'war' within the government, and the 'victims' could be Arsen Torosyan and Tigran Avinyan (for now, their people are being arrested). It is interesting who wants to 'cancel' Avinyan's prospects for the mayoralty..."

However, it should be noted that Yerevan City Hall spokesperson Levon Sardarjan recently announced that Simonyan is not under arrest. He went to the committee to provide explanations at the invitation of the Anti-Corruption Committee officials who conducted a search in the Deputy Mayor's office.