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PROSPEROUS ARMENIA MP WILLING TO MEET WITH PARK PROTESTORS
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
13:49, February 20, 2012
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Vahe Enfiadjyan, recently elected
to head the parliament's Standing Committee on Agriculture and the
Environment, has told Hetq that he's willing to meet with activists
who have been staging a week long protest to halt constriction of
storefronts in a Yerevan park.
Enfiadjyan said he felt a responsibility to hear the concerns of the
activists and that it was important that such civil initiatives were
on the rise in Armenia.
"However, political bodies or MP's are under no obligation to express
an opinion on such issues," declared Enfiadjyan, who also serves a
president of the BHK's youth wing.
When asked why members of the BHK's youth wing or party luminaries
haven't participated in the park protest, or in any other civil action
for that matter, Enfiadjyan argued that actions aren't political
party initiatives and shouldn't be politicized.
"BHK young people are free to express an opinion on such issues and I
wouldn't rule out the participation of our members in the park protest
since they are in agreement with the activists," Enfiadjyan stated.
Grisha Balasanyan
hetq
13:49, February 20, 2012
Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) MP Vahe Enfiadjyan, recently elected
to head the parliament's Standing Committee on Agriculture and the
Environment, has told Hetq that he's willing to meet with activists
who have been staging a week long protest to halt constriction of
storefronts in a Yerevan park.
Enfiadjyan said he felt a responsibility to hear the concerns of the
activists and that it was important that such civil initiatives were
on the rise in Armenia.
"However, political bodies or MP's are under no obligation to express
an opinion on such issues," declared Enfiadjyan, who also serves a
president of the BHK's youth wing.
When asked why members of the BHK's youth wing or party luminaries
haven't participated in the park protest, or in any other civil action
for that matter, Enfiadjyan argued that actions aren't political
party initiatives and shouldn't be politicized.
"BHK young people are free to express an opinion on such issues and I
wouldn't rule out the participation of our members in the park protest
since they are in agreement with the activists," Enfiadjyan stated.