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WILL THE MAYOR JOIN THE ACTION?
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society25773.html
Published: 13:12:45 - 11/04/2012
On Saturday, free plants will be distributed in Mashtots Park. One
can take a seedling and plant it wherever they want. Then, they will
need to take care of the trees.
Will the City Hall pull out the planted trees? What is it going to do
against the "forced planting" of trees? Will the Mayor personally
come to the park and call on the environmentalists not to make
"provocations"? Or, the Mayor will take a shovel and plant trees too.
The movement in the Mashtots Park is growing stronger: there are
already 5 brigades ready to dismantle the illegal constructions. The
Facebook group of the initiative has more than 5300 members. Almost
everyday people who are not indifferent towards the situation in
the city hold concerts in the park. The atmosphere, which reigned
in the park during the concerts of the Karin dance group and Hover
choir can't be compared to anything. Today, the representatives of
the Alpinism Federation will visit the Park.
Yesterday, addressing the meeting in Erebuni, Serzh Sargsyan, for
the first time, has dwelt on the issue of the environment and urban
planning. According to him, in the context of the solution of economic
issues, very often, the ecological priorities and the necessity to
preserve the look of Yerevan are forgotten. "Today, we are shifting
the arrows and saying: the economic priorities don't prevail over
the task to keep the look of Yerevan. I'm promising, it will not be
so any more", pledged the president and added: "We legally rule out
any construction in Yerevan center if it does not correspond to the
appearance of the city. A couple of more years and the preservation
of the look of the city will win in Yerevan".
The words "couple of years" are the key of this statement. Actually,
Serzh Sargsyan acknowledges the rightness of the government and the
municipality, which affirm, that the constructions in the Park should
stand there "a couple of years".
But, the fact that Serzh Sargsyan dwelt on this issue means the
Mashtots Park movement can't be ignored. Along with the growing number
of protesters, its atmosphere is also expanding. On Saturday, it may
cover the whole city.
If previously, people needed courage to join the movement, now, when
they are just proposed to plant a tree, thousands of people are likely
to join the movement.
From: A. Papazian
Naira Hayrumyan
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/engsrc/society25773.html
Published: 13:12:45 - 11/04/2012
On Saturday, free plants will be distributed in Mashtots Park. One
can take a seedling and plant it wherever they want. Then, they will
need to take care of the trees.
Will the City Hall pull out the planted trees? What is it going to do
against the "forced planting" of trees? Will the Mayor personally
come to the park and call on the environmentalists not to make
"provocations"? Or, the Mayor will take a shovel and plant trees too.
The movement in the Mashtots Park is growing stronger: there are
already 5 brigades ready to dismantle the illegal constructions. The
Facebook group of the initiative has more than 5300 members. Almost
everyday people who are not indifferent towards the situation in
the city hold concerts in the park. The atmosphere, which reigned
in the park during the concerts of the Karin dance group and Hover
choir can't be compared to anything. Today, the representatives of
the Alpinism Federation will visit the Park.
Yesterday, addressing the meeting in Erebuni, Serzh Sargsyan, for
the first time, has dwelt on the issue of the environment and urban
planning. According to him, in the context of the solution of economic
issues, very often, the ecological priorities and the necessity to
preserve the look of Yerevan are forgotten. "Today, we are shifting
the arrows and saying: the economic priorities don't prevail over
the task to keep the look of Yerevan. I'm promising, it will not be
so any more", pledged the president and added: "We legally rule out
any construction in Yerevan center if it does not correspond to the
appearance of the city. A couple of more years and the preservation
of the look of the city will win in Yerevan".
The words "couple of years" are the key of this statement. Actually,
Serzh Sargsyan acknowledges the rightness of the government and the
municipality, which affirm, that the constructions in the Park should
stand there "a couple of years".
But, the fact that Serzh Sargsyan dwelt on this issue means the
Mashtots Park movement can't be ignored. Along with the growing number
of protesters, its atmosphere is also expanding. On Saturday, it may
cover the whole city.
If previously, people needed courage to join the movement, now, when
they are just proposed to plant a tree, thousands of people are likely
to join the movement.
From: A. Papazian