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YEREVAN SIT-IN ACTIVISTS PREPARE TO PLACE SUNSHADE ACROSS CITY HALL
August 13, 2013 | 10:36
YEREVAN. - The youth, who are staging a sit-in across the Armenian
capital city YerevanMunicipality building, are planning on placing
a sunshade on Tuesday.
"The sit-in, which started on July 26 in front of the municipality,
is continuing. [But] we [hereby] state that we find it appropriate
to place a sunshade today, [Tuesday] August 13 at 2pm, to protect
[ourselves] from direct sunlight, the threat to our life and health
under the current conditions.
"[But] we inform the Police that, with that, we will not obstruct
others' freedom of movement, [and] we will not disrupt the smooth
functioning of the state or other agencies and the public order.
"We are guided by the right given to us by the Armenian Constitution,"
specifically reads the respective statement by the sit-in participants.
To note, the activists 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.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian
August 13, 2013 | 10:36
YEREVAN. - The youth, who are staging a sit-in across the Armenian
capital city YerevanMunicipality building, are planning on placing
a sunshade on Tuesday.
"The sit-in, which started on July 26 in front of the municipality,
is continuing. [But] we [hereby] state that we find it appropriate
to place a sunshade today, [Tuesday] August 13 at 2pm, to protect
[ourselves] from direct sunlight, the threat to our life and health
under the current conditions.
"[But] we inform the Police that, with that, we will not obstruct
others' freedom of movement, [and] we will not disrupt the smooth
functioning of the state or other agencies and the public order.
"We are guided by the right given to us by the Armenian Constitution,"
specifically reads the respective statement by the sit-in participants.
To note, the activists 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.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
From: Baghdasarian