IF ARFD WINS YEREVAN COUNCIL OF ELDERS ELECTIONS, IT PROMISES TO LIQUIDATE ABSURD PROHIBITIONS OF HOLDING RALLIES
NOYAN TAPAN
MAY 4, 2009
YEREVAN
"If we win Yerevan Council of Elders elections we will exert every
effort to liquidate inappropriate, absurd prohibitions in the issue
of holding rallies," Artsvik Minasian heading ARFD Yerevan Council
of Elders elections electoral roll stated at the May 4 meeting with
ARFD supporters. In his words, ARFD’s preelection program has the
respective provisions about it, where, in particular, it is said
that "a tribune of freedom of expression should be created with the
permanent presence of communal service of maintenance of public order
and Mayor’s Office representative."
As A. Minasian promised, if ARFD wins the elections, it will form a
cadre bank, will bring young skilful forces to the system. He said
that when making appointments to administrative leading staffs ARFD
will be guided by three main criteria: skillfulness, confidence by
society, morality.
As to ARFD’s financial and budget policy, according to A. Minasian,
it should be controlled by the force that will hold positions opposite
to ARFD in Council of Elders’ staff.
According to A. Minasian, the provisions of the Environmental
Protection part of ARFD preelection program envisage keeping Yerevan’s
green zones and water spaces and increasing them three-fold until
2013. Besides, it is envisaged introducing modern systems of dust and
gas cleaning. The figure heading ARFD’s preelection roll also said
that in the urban development sphere it is also envisaged completing
zoning projects and bringing Yerevan development in line with chief
plan’s requirements. A. Minasian also promised to clean Yerevan from
illegal and uanauthorized constructions in case of being elected.