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YEREVAN CITY ADMINISTRATION SHOULD TEMPORARILY ALLOW STREET TRADE, "DASHNAKTSUTIUN" BELIEVES
Mediamax, Armenia
March 31 2011
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Vice-Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan stated today that
the ban for street trade is the requirement of the law on "Trade and
Services", and not a measure, initiated by the City Administration.
Mediamax reports that Kamo Areyan said this, speaking at parliamentary
hearings on "Street trade in urban communities".
According to him, the law allows organizing street trade of a limited
number of goods (ice-cream, flowers, fresheners, seedlings), given
the corresponding infrastructure.
In the beginning of the year, Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan made
a decision to ban street trade, which caused discontent and protest
actions among street traders.
Kamo Areyan noted that, taking into account the interests of citizens,
dealing with street trade, Yerevan City Administration ordered the
markets, functioning in the capital, to give the chance of organizing
trade on the territory of the markets without collection of rent fee
for the first three months.
People, dealing with street trade, who participated in the
discussion, expressed their discontent concerning the offer of the
City Administration. In particular, they said that the majority of
street traders are subpurchasers, who cannot compete in the market
with farmers, who offer their own agricultural products.
In response, Kamo Areyan said that at present 8 projects for setting
up mini-markets in Yerevan are in the process of consideration in
the City Administration, and this will allow solving to some degree
the problem of the subpurchasers. The issue of organizing a wholesale
agricultural market is also on the agenda of the City Administration.
"This decision will be based both on the interests of the farmers and
the subpurchasers. The idea of a wholesale market existing a long time
ago, however it was not realized in the view of non-consistency or
lack of determination among the city authorities", Kamo Areyan stated.
MP from "Dashnaktsutiun" faction Artsvik Minasyan urged the city
authorities to temporarily allow street trade, simultaneously
establishing conditions for people to move to more proper places
for trade.
"Constitution of Armenia reads that the state should create
opportunities for citizens to earn money for living; however without
offering alternative variants for making a living and all of a sudden
depriving people of their living, the City Administration violates the
basic law of the country. I urge the city authorities to stop, admit
that they have made a grave mistake and, demonstrating an individual
approach to citizens, offer them alternative opportunities", Artsvik
Minasyan stated.
From: A. Papazian
Mediamax, Armenia
March 31 2011
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Vice-Mayor of Yerevan Kamo Areyan stated today that
the ban for street trade is the requirement of the law on "Trade and
Services", and not a measure, initiated by the City Administration.
Mediamax reports that Kamo Areyan said this, speaking at parliamentary
hearings on "Street trade in urban communities".
According to him, the law allows organizing street trade of a limited
number of goods (ice-cream, flowers, fresheners, seedlings), given
the corresponding infrastructure.
In the beginning of the year, Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan made
a decision to ban street trade, which caused discontent and protest
actions among street traders.
Kamo Areyan noted that, taking into account the interests of citizens,
dealing with street trade, Yerevan City Administration ordered the
markets, functioning in the capital, to give the chance of organizing
trade on the territory of the markets without collection of rent fee
for the first three months.
People, dealing with street trade, who participated in the
discussion, expressed their discontent concerning the offer of the
City Administration. In particular, they said that the majority of
street traders are subpurchasers, who cannot compete in the market
with farmers, who offer their own agricultural products.
In response, Kamo Areyan said that at present 8 projects for setting
up mini-markets in Yerevan are in the process of consideration in
the City Administration, and this will allow solving to some degree
the problem of the subpurchasers. The issue of organizing a wholesale
agricultural market is also on the agenda of the City Administration.
"This decision will be based both on the interests of the farmers and
the subpurchasers. The idea of a wholesale market existing a long time
ago, however it was not realized in the view of non-consistency or
lack of determination among the city authorities", Kamo Areyan stated.
MP from "Dashnaktsutiun" faction Artsvik Minasyan urged the city
authorities to temporarily allow street trade, simultaneously
establishing conditions for people to move to more proper places
for trade.
"Constitution of Armenia reads that the state should create
opportunities for citizens to earn money for living; however without
offering alternative variants for making a living and all of a sudden
depriving people of their living, the City Administration violates the
basic law of the country. I urge the city authorities to stop, admit
that they have made a grave mistake and, demonstrating an individual
approach to citizens, offer them alternative opportunities", Artsvik
Minasyan stated.
From: A. Papazian