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DEFENDERS OF MASHTOTS PARK SING A SONG TO YEREVAN'S MAYOR
ARMINFO
Monday, February 20, 17:30
The defenders of Mashtots Park held an action of protest in front of
the Yerevan Municipality on Monday.
They demand that the Municipality should stop building trade pavilions
in the park.
The protesters carried Armenian flags and posters and sang the
following rap song: "We've come to this action/ To solve this problem/
We are the owners of this city/ Its each and every bush and tree/
Our demand is known - no boutiques in this park."
They urged the Mayor to come out, but he sent his representative,
whom they handed a paper specifying the violations committed by
the constructors and containing almost 1,500 signatures against the
construction.
Later the policemen who were there said that the Mayor had convoked
a meeting in order to examine the paper.
Vahram Soghomonyan from the "We are the Owners of This City" civil
initiative group said that the construction project is contrary to
article 76 of the Land Code, saying that public land can be given
on lease only by a general construction plan; the law on urban
development, stipulating that such projects should be heard by the
public; and a standard requiring that a building should be no closer
than five meters from a tree, while the boutiques are being built as
close as half a meter to the local greenery.
Soghomonyan promised that the protest actions will be continued until
the construction is stopped.
ARMINFO
Monday, February 20, 17:30
The defenders of Mashtots Park held an action of protest in front of
the Yerevan Municipality on Monday.
They demand that the Municipality should stop building trade pavilions
in the park.
The protesters carried Armenian flags and posters and sang the
following rap song: "We've come to this action/ To solve this problem/
We are the owners of this city/ Its each and every bush and tree/
Our demand is known - no boutiques in this park."
They urged the Mayor to come out, but he sent his representative,
whom they handed a paper specifying the violations committed by
the constructors and containing almost 1,500 signatures against the
construction.
Later the policemen who were there said that the Mayor had convoked
a meeting in order to examine the paper.
Vahram Soghomonyan from the "We are the Owners of This City" civil
initiative group said that the construction project is contrary to
article 76 of the Land Code, saying that public land can be given
on lease only by a general construction plan; the law on urban
development, stipulating that such projects should be heard by the
public; and a standard requiring that a building should be no closer
than five meters from a tree, while the boutiques are being built as
close as half a meter to the local greenery.
Soghomonyan promised that the protest actions will be continued until
the construction is stopped.