Yerevan mayor files defamation lawsuit against most vocal critic

YEREVAN, AUGUST 21, ARMENPRESS. Mayor of Yerevan Hayk Marutyan has filed a defamation lawsuit against one of his most vocal critics who has been harshly lambasting the city’s waste management operations.

Court documents show that the suit filed against Sona Aghekyan (pictured above) on August 15thhas been assigned to Yerevan City Court of General Jurisdiction Judge Tatevik Stepanyan.

The mayor seeks “compensation for damages inflicted to his honor and dignity and a refutation”.

Aghekyan, a former Yerevan City Councilor, has made numerous statements targeting the mayor for what she describes as poor management of the city’s sanitation sector. She recently organized a demonstration outside the City Hall and brought a container full of wastewater with her.

Edited and translated by Stepan Kocharyan