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Armenian civic initiative forms alternative commission on public
transport fare issue
September 28, 2013 | 13:57
YEREVAN. - The first discussion of the public commission, which will
be formed by the civic initiative - and which will examine the public
transport problems - will be held on Friday, October 4.
Ani Kaghinyan, who is one of the persons behind the aforesaid
initiative, stated abovementioned during a press conference on
Saturday.
She informed that independent experts, and representatives from
Armenia's state-run institutions, international institutions, and
embassies in Armenia will be invited to take part in the activities of
this commission.
`The commission, which [capital city Yerevan Mayor] Taron Margaryan
had formed yesterday [i.e., Friday], included Henrik Navasardyan. My
friends are staging a sit-in for sixty consecutive days so that he
would be dismissed, but Taron Margaryan allows himself to include
criminal Henrik Navasardyan in the commission. It is unlawful from the
very beginning. The civic initiative finds that this commission is not
a normal commission,' Kaghinyan said.
The civic initiative boycotts the aforementioned commission and
stresses that a large cross-section of the society is not represented
in it.
To note, a group of activists - who had started a sit-in on July 26 - 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 Yerevan Municipality
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.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
http://news.am/eng/news/173428.html
transport fare issue
September 28, 2013 | 13:57
YEREVAN. - The first discussion of the public commission, which will
be formed by the civic initiative - and which will examine the public
transport problems - will be held on Friday, October 4.
Ani Kaghinyan, who is one of the persons behind the aforesaid
initiative, stated abovementioned during a press conference on
Saturday.
She informed that independent experts, and representatives from
Armenia's state-run institutions, international institutions, and
embassies in Armenia will be invited to take part in the activities of
this commission.
`The commission, which [capital city Yerevan Mayor] Taron Margaryan
had formed yesterday [i.e., Friday], included Henrik Navasardyan. My
friends are staging a sit-in for sixty consecutive days so that he
would be dismissed, but Taron Margaryan allows himself to include
criminal Henrik Navasardyan in the commission. It is unlawful from the
very beginning. The civic initiative finds that this commission is not
a normal commission,' Kaghinyan said.
The civic initiative boycotts the aforementioned commission and
stresses that a large cross-section of the society is not represented
in it.
To note, a group of activists - who had started a sit-in on July 26 - 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 Yerevan Municipality
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.
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
http://news.am/eng/news/173428.html