“Compared with the presidential ones, the terms of the local government bodies are unlimited in our country. If the presidential candidate, after being elected twice in succession. cannot be elected any more, the case of the mayors and community leaders is different; they can be in power during their whole life` “becoming one with their chair””, “Hraparak” writes and adds:
“We inquired NA legal committee chairman Davit Harutyunyan to tell as a lawyer, whether it is right or wrong to have unlimited terms for the local government authorities. “It is hard to say what is right or wrong but I personally think that there should be a limitation. I think that two terms are totally enough for the candidate to show his abilities and it is right to give that opportunity to various people”, said Davit Harutyunyan.
He also mentioned that the internationally it is also accepted as there are countries where the number of terms that mayors and the community leaders can serve is limited.
