MASHTOTS CLEANUP: KIOSKS GONE, “GREENING” PROMISED
Society | 11.05.12 | 11:03
The kiosks that provoked months of protest and disturbance in Yerevan’s
Mashtots Park have been dismantled, with promise of “greening” the
park in the coming days.
The small free-standing shopping booths had been a flashpoint of
protest led by environmentalists who argued that placing them in the
park was a violation of law, as no public discussion had been held
on the matter.
On May 1, five days before parliamentary elections swept by his party,
President Serzh Sargsyan paid an unannounced visited to the park along
with Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan. The president ordered the mayor
to dismantled the kiosks, on the grounds that they were unattractive.
In related news, police have launched criminal proceedings against
some of the activists who engaged in fights with police on April
29, when the demonstrations reached there most contentious point,
apparently provoking the president’s campaign visit to the park.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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