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YEREVAN CITY HALL REPRESENTATIVE OFFERS TO NEGOTIATE WITH SIT-IN ACTIVISTS (PHOTOS)
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July 30, 2013 | 13:57
YEREVAN. - A representative of the Armenian capital city Yerevan
Municipality attempted to negotiate with the participants of the
ongoing sit-in across the city hall building, but they turned down
the offer for talks.
Sit-in activist Gor Arakelyan told the aforesaid to Armenian
News-NEWS.am.
Incidentally, there are three sit-in participants-Gor Arakelyan, Suren
Sahakyan, and Vahagn Minasyan-and many others come to support them.
"We said we did not come to negotiate, but rather we clearly
presented our demands. And when these demands are met, only then we
may negotiate. We are ready to fight to the end," Arakelyan said.
In his turn, Suren Sahakyan added that they will continue their sit-in
until their demands are met.
To note, the municipality representatives have promised to bring
benches for these activists, so they would not sit on the ground.
But until then, the city hall employees were washing the municipality
courtyard, and therefore the sit-in participants were sitting either
in an automobile, or on the chairs which they had brought.
To note, the activists-who are on the fourth day of their sit-in-have
several demands, which include the dismissals of Municipality Transport
Department Chief Henrik Navasardyan and Yerevan Trans Company Director
Misak Hambardzumyan.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the YerevanMunicipality
recent decision to increase the public transport fares in the city
had brought about outbursts, several groups were formed in the social
networks, and the initiatives were staging protests and distributing
pamphlets against this decision. In addition, the Free Car initiative
was launched, along the lines of which Armenia's numerous well-known
personalities, MPs, and ordinary residents were providing-with their
own vehicles-free transportation to the people.
And on July 25, Mayor Taron Margaryan suspended the decision on the
fare hike; but the wave of the aforesaid movement is still alive. The
activists demand that the persons, who made the decision on raising
the transport fares, be brought to account, and those officials,
who used violence against and cursed at the activists, be punished.
http://news.am/eng/news/164771.html
July 30, 2013 | 13:57
YEREVAN. - A representative of the Armenian capital city Yerevan
Municipality attempted to negotiate with the participants of the
ongoing sit-in across the city hall building, but they turned down
the offer for talks.
Sit-in activist Gor Arakelyan told the aforesaid to Armenian
News-NEWS.am.
Incidentally, there are three sit-in participants-Gor Arakelyan, Suren
Sahakyan, and Vahagn Minasyan-and many others come to support them.
"We said we did not come to negotiate, but rather we clearly
presented our demands. And when these demands are met, only then we
may negotiate. We are ready to fight to the end," Arakelyan said.
In his turn, Suren Sahakyan added that they will continue their sit-in
until their demands are met.
To note, the municipality representatives have promised to bring
benches for these activists, so they would not sit on the ground.
But until then, the city hall employees were washing the municipality
courtyard, and therefore the sit-in participants were sitting either
in an automobile, or on the chairs which they had brought.
To note, the activists-who are on the fourth day of their sit-in-have
several demands, which include the dismissals of Municipality Transport
Department Chief Henrik Navasardyan and Yerevan Trans Company Director
Misak Hambardzumyan.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the YerevanMunicipality
recent decision to increase the public transport fares in the city
had brought about outbursts, several groups were formed in the social
networks, and the initiatives were staging protests and distributing
pamphlets against this decision. In addition, the Free Car initiative
was launched, along the lines of which Armenia's numerous well-known
personalities, MPs, and ordinary residents were providing-with their
own vehicles-free transportation to the people.
And on July 25, Mayor Taron Margaryan suspended the decision on the
fare hike; but the wave of the aforesaid movement is still alive. The
activists demand that the persons, who made the decision on raising
the transport fares, be brought to account, and those officials,
who used violence against and cursed at the activists, be punished.