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Greater Voice for Georgia's Armenian Community: Akhaltsikhe Residents Can Now Elect Own Mayor

According to a new bill adopted by the Georgian parliament, the mayor of an Armenian-populated city in Georgia can now be directly elected by the citizens, lending a greater voice to Georgia's Armenian community. 

Georgia's parliament yesterday adopted in its third reading a new bill on local self-government bodies that, as conveyed by Georgia's Armenian community, stipulates only those cities that are considered regional centers will have self-governing status.

Among those cities with self-governing status is Akhaltsikhe, the capital of the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti, where the population is comprised of 40% Armenians (16,879 people) and 28,473 Georgians.

According to the new bill, the mayor of Akhaltsikhe will now be directly elected.

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