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DISMANTLING OF YEREVAN KIOSKS TO BRING TO SOCIAL MINI-CATASTROPHE - OPPOSITION MP
news.am
Aug 17 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Dismantling of Yerevan kiosks will cause a chain of social
problems for a wide range of society, said opposition Heritage party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan to a press conference on Wednesday.
"The 3400 kiosks that they dismantle are not mere pieces of metal.
They have owners and employees, who have families to support. These
people pay taxes, work, they do business. Kiosks are legal property,"
she said.
According to Postanjyan, the owners of kiosks hold legal documents
in their hands, while the City Hall operates only upon the verbal
order of Yerevan mayor.
"I personally witnessed as they arrived to dismantle the kiosk, the
owner of which has a document proving that he has the right to run his
kiosk till January 2012. In the meantime, I did not see any document
asserting the legality of the actions of other side," said the MP,
adding that this is a direct violation of the private property right.
Member of kiosks organizing committee Arevik Ghazaryan, who was present
at the conference, said that the City Hall merely robs the people.
"We woke up in the morning and saw that the kiosk has disappeared.
Meanwhile we have rights for our property, we paid the taxes and
lived on account of that property," she said.
Ghazaryan cited Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan as saying that he
believed the kiosks make the city look ugly.
"Does anybody at all give a damn what he thinks? Did he for once take
interest in the fates of ordinary people?" she added.
news.am
Aug 17 2011
Armenia
YEREVAN. - Dismantling of Yerevan kiosks will cause a chain of social
problems for a wide range of society, said opposition Heritage party
MP Zaruhi Postanjyan to a press conference on Wednesday.
"The 3400 kiosks that they dismantle are not mere pieces of metal.
They have owners and employees, who have families to support. These
people pay taxes, work, they do business. Kiosks are legal property,"
she said.
According to Postanjyan, the owners of kiosks hold legal documents
in their hands, while the City Hall operates only upon the verbal
order of Yerevan mayor.
"I personally witnessed as they arrived to dismantle the kiosk, the
owner of which has a document proving that he has the right to run his
kiosk till January 2012. In the meantime, I did not see any document
asserting the legality of the actions of other side," said the MP,
adding that this is a direct violation of the private property right.
Member of kiosks organizing committee Arevik Ghazaryan, who was present
at the conference, said that the City Hall merely robs the people.
"We woke up in the morning and saw that the kiosk has disappeared.
Meanwhile we have rights for our property, we paid the taxes and
lived on account of that property," she said.
Ghazaryan cited Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan as saying that he
believed the kiosks make the city look ugly.
"Does anybody at all give a damn what he thinks? Did he for once take
interest in the fates of ordinary people?" she added.