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KIOSK OPERATORS RESIST MUNICIPALITY REMOVAL RAID
Ani Hovhannisyan
hetq
12:19, August 6, 2011
Employees of the Yerevan Municipality converged on a row of commercial
stalls in the Abovyan Park area at around 11 this morning. They came
to dismantle the kiosks.
Edward Hakobyan, one of the kiosk operators, told Hetq that the
officials possessed no permits and neither had they provided prior
notice in writing.
The stalls sell a variety of convenience goods ~V drinks, fast food
items, cigarettes, candy ~V and have been targeted by Yerevan Mayor
Karen Karapetyan in his drive to "beautify" the capital.
Hakobyan says his convenience stall supports a family of eight and
that he and others will protest what he calls the illegal move to
remove him.
Some of the commercial operators later marched to the Yerevan
Municipality where they are now staging a protest.
Ani Hovhannisyan
hetq
12:19, August 6, 2011
Employees of the Yerevan Municipality converged on a row of commercial
stalls in the Abovyan Park area at around 11 this morning. They came
to dismantle the kiosks.
Edward Hakobyan, one of the kiosk operators, told Hetq that the
officials possessed no permits and neither had they provided prior
notice in writing.
The stalls sell a variety of convenience goods ~V drinks, fast food
items, cigarettes, candy ~V and have been targeted by Yerevan Mayor
Karen Karapetyan in his drive to "beautify" the capital.
Hakobyan says his convenience stall supports a family of eight and
that he and others will protest what he calls the illegal move to
remove him.
Some of the commercial operators later marched to the Yerevan
Municipality where they are now staging a protest.