2020-09-30 There were mass dismissals at the City Hall of Ninotsminda in August. A total of 29 individuals left their jobs for various reasons – in particular, 22 employees did not have their contracts renewed following their expiration, while six employees wrote letters of resignation. According to Ninotsminda Mayor Anivard Mosoyan, employees over the age of 70 wrote letters of resignation, since they “often had to visit doctors and miss work for medical reasons.” Some of the resigned employees said that they wrote letters of resignation based on the regional administration’s request. It has been reported that the dismissals are based on political motive, especially in case of mayoral representatives because most of them are believed to openly support Enzel Mkoyan and after nomination of the new majoritarian candidate, the ruling party may have faced problems in these villages. Nonetheless, they refrained from openly talking about it. Several mayoral representatives participated in a program aired on Parvana TV in support of Mkoyan. Later director of a sports school, Andranik Karslyan also announced about his resignation. He is a close friend of Mkoyan.