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OMBUDSMAN URGES YEREVAN MAYOR TO KEEP HIS PROMISE
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NEWS | 24.07.13 | 11:14
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has addressed a letter to Yerevan
Mayor Taron Margaryan reminding him of the promise that he made
shortly before the elections several months ago.
On March 28, less than two weeks before the start of the official
campaign in municipal elections in Yerevan, through media Margaryan
assured Yerevan residents that no rise in public transport fares was
expected in the time to come.
At a press conference Andreasyan said that his office had also
applied to the municipality with a request to provide legal and
economic justification of the decision under which bus and minibus
fares were raised by 50 percent and the trolleybus fare was doubled
beginning on July 20.
Earlier, authorities said that the rise in public transport fares
that comes on the heel of natural gas and electricity tariff hikes
was a necessary step that also reflected the increasing costs of
transportation and the need for further improvements in the sphere.
Andreasyan, meanwhile, also reportedly hailed the campaign launched
by citizens in Yerevan in support of their rights.
Scores of civil activists, mostly young men and women, have been
going around Yerevan streets these days urging commuters to pay
only 100 drams (about 25 cents) for minibus and bus rides, instead
of the new rate of 150 drams set by the municipality. Protests near
the municipality building have also been staged since last Friday.
From: Baghdasarian
http://armenianow.com/news/47965/armenia_ombudsman_mayor_yerevan_letter_bus_fare_ri se
NEWS | 24.07.13 | 11:14
Armenian Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan has addressed a letter to Yerevan
Mayor Taron Margaryan reminding him of the promise that he made
shortly before the elections several months ago.
On March 28, less than two weeks before the start of the official
campaign in municipal elections in Yerevan, through media Margaryan
assured Yerevan residents that no rise in public transport fares was
expected in the time to come.
At a press conference Andreasyan said that his office had also
applied to the municipality with a request to provide legal and
economic justification of the decision under which bus and minibus
fares were raised by 50 percent and the trolleybus fare was doubled
beginning on July 20.
Earlier, authorities said that the rise in public transport fares
that comes on the heel of natural gas and electricity tariff hikes
was a necessary step that also reflected the increasing costs of
transportation and the need for further improvements in the sphere.
Andreasyan, meanwhile, also reportedly hailed the campaign launched
by citizens in Yerevan in support of their rights.
Scores of civil activists, mostly young men and women, have been
going around Yerevan streets these days urging commuters to pay
only 100 drams (about 25 cents) for minibus and bus rides, instead
of the new rate of 150 drams set by the municipality. Protests near
the municipality building have also been staged since last Friday.
From: Baghdasarian