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PROTESTING BAN ON STREET TRADE, YEREVAN VENDORS SELL PRODUCE OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT BUILDING
epress.am
07.14.2011
Those protesting the ban on street trade in Yerevan held a protest
demonstration outside the government building today. The protesting
vendors had brought with them fruit and vegetables, which they placed
in baskets outside the building and began to sell. Assisting them in
this process was Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
Demonstrators Gayane Muradyan and Kima Grigoryan told journalists
they have been fighting for 6 months, but no one has been paying any
attention to them.
"I have twin sons serving in the army, what dirt shall I throw on my
head that I cannot send anything to my children? And my husband is
ill," said Muradyan.
Grigoryan told reporters that Yerevan City Hall's idea to build
mini-markets in different areas around the city hasn't materialized.
"Let their mini-market stick to their heads. There is no mini-market.
And in the [regular] markets, they want 3,000-4,000 drams per day
[for rent] - how am I supposed to pay that much money?"
Gayane Muradyan, in turn, said if she was given a job, she wouldn't be
selling on the street, but, according to her, they don't take anyone
older than 25.
Note, several police officers, gathered in the area, did not interfere
in the protest.
epress.am
07.14.2011
Those protesting the ban on street trade in Yerevan held a protest
demonstration outside the government building today. The protesting
vendors had brought with them fruit and vegetables, which they placed
in baskets outside the building and began to sell. Assisting them in
this process was Heritage Party MP Zaruhi Postanjyan.
Demonstrators Gayane Muradyan and Kima Grigoryan told journalists
they have been fighting for 6 months, but no one has been paying any
attention to them.
"I have twin sons serving in the army, what dirt shall I throw on my
head that I cannot send anything to my children? And my husband is
ill," said Muradyan.
Grigoryan told reporters that Yerevan City Hall's idea to build
mini-markets in different areas around the city hasn't materialized.
"Let their mini-market stick to their heads. There is no mini-market.
And in the [regular] markets, they want 3,000-4,000 drams per day
[for rent] - how am I supposed to pay that much money?"
Gayane Muradyan, in turn, said if she was given a job, she wouldn't be
selling on the street, but, according to her, they don't take anyone
older than 25.
Note, several police officers, gathered in the area, did not interfere
in the protest.