Members of Yerevan Council of Elders not to combine jobs  

ArmInfo. The ban on combining positions in the councils of elders of Armenian communities with 

positions in the public service system will also be extended to members of the council of elders of Yerevan. At the plenary session on May 21, the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia introduced amendments to the law "On Public Service" and a package of related laws.

As Deputy Minister of Justice of the Republic of Armenia Karen 

Karapetyan noted in his speech, currently this ban applies to members 

of the councils of elders of local self-government bodies, but does 

not apply to members of the council of elders of the capital of 

Armenia. For this reason, it is proposed to extend this provision to 

members of the Council of Elders of Yerevan, who, using a loophole in 

the current legislation, combine their work in the capital council 

with work in the public and civil service system. Following the 

results of the next elections to the Council of Elders of Yerevan, 

this requirement will begin to apply.  However, during the transition 

period, members of the capital's council of elders will be able to 

combine this work until the first day of the meeting of the council 

of the new convocation.