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TO NAME AND SHAME?: GREEN ACTIVISTS DEMAND IDENTITIES OF MASHOTS PARK KIOSK OWNERS BE REVEALED
http://armenianow.com/society/environment/36001/armenia_yerevan_mashtots_park_kiosks
28.02.12 | 15:06
The young environmental activists fighting against the installment of
kiosks in Mashtots Park demand that the Yerevan municipality publish
the names of the developers.
Yerevan city authorities gave the owners of the kiosks dismantled from
Abovyan Street permission to relocate their property to the park near
Yerevan's main thoroughfare, Mashtots Boulevard, as compensation. They
say the measure is temporary and the kiosks will later be dismantled
when reconstruction projects for this zone are realized.
The environmentalists have sent an open letter to Yerevan Mayor
Taron Margaryan, demanding that the municipality not only publish
the names of the kiosk owners, but also all the decisions made by
Yerevan authorities related to the pavilions installed in Abovyan
Street before, as well as all the decisions related to the relocation
of the pavilions from Abovyan Street to Mashtots Park and all the
contracts signed with the owners of the kiosks.
Member of "We are the Owners of Our City" initiative Gor Hakobyan says:
"It is not clear why these contracts and decisions are not provided. Is
there anything to hide? What is the problem? Are there more things
that must be done secretly?"
Shushan Sardaryan, the spokeswoman for the Yerevan mayor, told
RFE/RL's Armenian Service that the names will be published when the
open letter is answered within the time frame defined by the law. And
as for providing the documents, Sardaryan said that the municipality
has already provided all documents and reported all the details
connected with the decision of the construction.
As of now, 2,500 people have joined the signature collection initiative
against the construction in Mashtots Park.
http://armenianow.com/society/environment/36001/armenia_yerevan_mashtots_park_kiosks
28.02.12 | 15:06
The young environmental activists fighting against the installment of
kiosks in Mashtots Park demand that the Yerevan municipality publish
the names of the developers.
Yerevan city authorities gave the owners of the kiosks dismantled from
Abovyan Street permission to relocate their property to the park near
Yerevan's main thoroughfare, Mashtots Boulevard, as compensation. They
say the measure is temporary and the kiosks will later be dismantled
when reconstruction projects for this zone are realized.
The environmentalists have sent an open letter to Yerevan Mayor
Taron Margaryan, demanding that the municipality not only publish
the names of the kiosk owners, but also all the decisions made by
Yerevan authorities related to the pavilions installed in Abovyan
Street before, as well as all the decisions related to the relocation
of the pavilions from Abovyan Street to Mashtots Park and all the
contracts signed with the owners of the kiosks.
Member of "We are the Owners of Our City" initiative Gor Hakobyan says:
"It is not clear why these contracts and decisions are not provided. Is
there anything to hide? What is the problem? Are there more things
that must be done secretly?"
Shushan Sardaryan, the spokeswoman for the Yerevan mayor, told
RFE/RL's Armenian Service that the names will be published when the
open letter is answered within the time frame defined by the law. And
as for providing the documents, Sardaryan said that the municipality
has already provided all documents and reported all the details
connected with the decision of the construction.
As of now, 2,500 people have joined the signature collection initiative
against the construction in Mashtots Park.