MP GEVORGYAN “NAVO” ATTEMPTS TAKEOVER OF MINIVAN ROUTE; COPS POWERLESS
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00:41, October 12, 2011
It’s past midnight at the Armavir Municipal Bus Station and some 150
drivers have gathered to demand police protection.
The drivers ply the #207 route in their minivans from Armavir to
Yerevan.
Photo-journalist Gagik Shamshyan, who visited the scene, relates that
drivers told him that a few hours earlier a group of young men showed
up and blocked their egress and told them to stop servicing the route,
or else.
For the past ten years, the route has been operated by the Galaktika
TransService Company.
The minivan drivers claim that the men who threatened them have links
with Republican Party MP Nahapet Gevorgyan, nicknamed “Navo”.
The drivers say that MP Gevorgyan wants to take over the lucrative
route and has brought in some unlicensed vans to ply passengers
between Armavir and Yerevan.
The local police appear to have been apprised of the situation and
are conducting spot checks of vans leaving Armavir.
Meanwhile the drivers are afraid that a similar encounter awaits them
tomorrow morning as well.
They say that the cops are powerless when it comes to stopping the
man called “Navo”.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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