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NIKOL PASHINYAN URGES PRIME MINISTER TO RETURN FROM CHINA AND BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR INDOOR MARKET
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, September 12, 10:54
The issue of the Indoor Market, which has turned from a historical
monument of Yerevan into an ordinary supermarket, was raised during
a meeting of parliamentarians and government members on Wednesday.
Nikol Pashinyan, MP from the Armenian National Congress Faction,
said that a criminal case on the damage caused to the monument should
have been instituted. "I demand that the Government should explain why
no measures established by the law were taken and why the historical
monument has been demolished despite the fact that the issue has been
raised in Parliament for a year", he said.
"According to the Constitution, the people that must reply to my
questions must be in this hall. Let them return from China and answer
my questions. The Prime
Minister has no right to be on a business trip today", Pashinyan said
meaning Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's visit to China. He stressed
that the Premier is directly accountable for the current situation
around the Indoor Market. "In 2012, during the hearings on the
governmental program, I asked the Premier about the Indoor Market. He
answered that the issue was to be studied, discussed, and assessed.
But now we have no Indoor Market at all", said Pashinyan.
The Indoor Market was built in 1952 by Armenian architect Grigory
Aghababyan's project and has been considered one of the symbols
of the Armenian capital since then. The repair inside the building
has damaged the original exterior of the building. In early June,
the municipality promised that the constructions erected inside the
building would be demolished and the original appearance would be
restored. However, these constructions have not been dismantled.
From: Baghdasarian
by Karina Manukyan
ARMINFO
Thursday, September 12, 10:54
The issue of the Indoor Market, which has turned from a historical
monument of Yerevan into an ordinary supermarket, was raised during
a meeting of parliamentarians and government members on Wednesday.
Nikol Pashinyan, MP from the Armenian National Congress Faction,
said that a criminal case on the damage caused to the monument should
have been instituted. "I demand that the Government should explain why
no measures established by the law were taken and why the historical
monument has been demolished despite the fact that the issue has been
raised in Parliament for a year", he said.
"According to the Constitution, the people that must reply to my
questions must be in this hall. Let them return from China and answer
my questions. The Prime
Minister has no right to be on a business trip today", Pashinyan said
meaning Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan's visit to China. He stressed
that the Premier is directly accountable for the current situation
around the Indoor Market. "In 2012, during the hearings on the
governmental program, I asked the Premier about the Indoor Market. He
answered that the issue was to be studied, discussed, and assessed.
But now we have no Indoor Market at all", said Pashinyan.
The Indoor Market was built in 1952 by Armenian architect Grigory
Aghababyan's project and has been considered one of the symbols
of the Armenian capital since then. The repair inside the building
has damaged the original exterior of the building. In early June,
the municipality promised that the constructions erected inside the
building would be demolished and the original appearance would be
restored. However, these constructions have not been dismantled.
From: Baghdasarian