DASHNAK MP SENDS LETTER TO PRESIDENT AMID ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST

Tert.am
20.02.12

While environmentalists continue their protest in Yerevan’s Mashtots
Park, Vahan Hovhannisyan, a member of the opposition Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D) faction in parliament,
has sent a letter to the president, calling for measures to reconcile
the municipality’s plan with public concerns.

“The municipality-launched urban development and construction work
in the vicinities of Yerevan’s central avenue has caused serious
public concerns, spurring a wave of protests by environmental and
other non-governmental organizations.

Considering that the activities are being carried out in green areas
considered public property under the Yerevan plan;

Taking into account the fact that the [construction] implies a change
of environment;

Also considering that the current activities are in the interests
and the environmental and cultural problems of the capital city and
its residents;

Guiding myself by Articles 12, 13 and 14 of the Republic of Armenia law
on Urban Development, I request you to organize, within the shortest
possible timeframes, a public discussion to raise awareness of the
Municipality’s projects on the above territory, as well as listen to
the interested individuals and organizations’ views,” reads the letter.

From: A. Papazian