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YEREVAN MAYOR'S DECISION TRUMPS ARMENIA PRIME MINISTER'S: KIOSK DEMOLITION CONTINUES (PHOTOS)
epress.am
08.11.2011
Owners of more than a dozen stalls selling fruits and vegetables
on the streets of Yerevan on Thursday marched from the "Pak Shuka"
(indoor market) on Papazyan St. to the government building in Republic
Square, where people demonstrate on the same day every week protesting
various causes.
Some owners of kiosks which the mayor ordered to be demolished
followed the example of former political prisoner Vardges Gaspari
(pictured, below) and sat on the ground as a form of protest. Others
held a poster which read "Prime Minister and Mayor: Let's start the
dismantling with you and your associates' properties".
Coming out of the building following the weekly cabinet meeting,
Deputy Police Chief Sashik Afyan, Minister of Emergency Situations
Armen Yeritsyan (pictured, below, in the suit) and Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs Arman Kirakosyan were greeted with chants of "Shame!
Shame!" Protestors also demanded the resignation of Yerevan mayor
Karen Karapetyan, chanting, "Karen, go!"
Also leaving the meeting was Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan, who
told protestors that the issue of the kiosks was discussed during the
cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan supported the mayor
in his decision to dismantle the stalls, saying, however, that each
kiosk will be handled individually and citizens' concerns will be
taken into account.
While Bakhshyan was speaking to protestors, she was informed that
the prime minister was waiting to speak with her.
After the meeting with RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in which
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan was also present, Bakhshyan told
the press that Tigran Sargsyan ordered to put the dismantling of the
stalls on hold for now.
The opposition MP noted that in order to verify the accuracy of this
statement, she is going to Papazyan St.
A little while later, speaking to an Epress.am reporter on the scene,
one of the kiosk owners said that contrary to the prime minister's
promise, the stalls are continuing to be dismantled.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
epress.am
08.11.2011
Owners of more than a dozen stalls selling fruits and vegetables
on the streets of Yerevan on Thursday marched from the "Pak Shuka"
(indoor market) on Papazyan St. to the government building in Republic
Square, where people demonstrate on the same day every week protesting
various causes.
Some owners of kiosks which the mayor ordered to be demolished
followed the example of former political prisoner Vardges Gaspari
(pictured, below) and sat on the ground as a form of protest. Others
held a poster which read "Prime Minister and Mayor: Let's start the
dismantling with you and your associates' properties".
Coming out of the building following the weekly cabinet meeting,
Deputy Police Chief Sashik Afyan, Minister of Emergency Situations
Armen Yeritsyan (pictured, below, in the suit) and Deputy Minister
of Foreign Affairs Arman Kirakosyan were greeted with chants of "Shame!
Shame!" Protestors also demanded the resignation of Yerevan mayor
Karen Karapetyan, chanting, "Karen, go!"
Also leaving the meeting was Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan, who
told protestors that the issue of the kiosks was discussed during the
cabinet meeting. Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan supported the mayor
in his decision to dismantle the stalls, saying, however, that each
kiosk will be handled individually and citizens' concerns will be
taken into account.
While Bakhshyan was speaking to protestors, she was informed that
the prime minister was waiting to speak with her.
After the meeting with RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan in which
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan was also present, Bakhshyan told
the press that Tigran Sargsyan ordered to put the dismantling of the
stalls on hold for now.
The opposition MP noted that in order to verify the accuracy of this
statement, she is going to Papazyan St.
A little while later, speaking to an Epress.am reporter on the scene,
one of the kiosk owners said that contrary to the prime minister's
promise, the stalls are continuing to be dismantled.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress