Yerevan’s Municipal Council today, by a vote of 44-10, approved a no-confidence measure that ousted Hayk Marutyan as Yerevan mayor and replaced him with Deputy Mayor Hrachya Sargsyan (photo).

The ruling My Step (Im Kayl) faction of the Yerevan Municipal Council introduced the no-confidence measure, arguing that Marutyan had severed his ties with Nikol Pashinyan’s Civil Contract party and has since failed to implement the party’s campaign obligations.

Marutyan headed the My Step alliance’s electoral list in the 2018 Yerevan Municipal Council election.

The alliance won the election with 81% of the vote.

The My Step Alliance, comprised of the Civil Contract Party, the Mission Party and various civil society representatives, was formed in August 2018 and was lead by Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan.

The alliance dissolved in May 2021, following an announcement that Civil Contract would participate in the 2021 Armenian parliamentary elections independently.