At the moment, members of the Right-Hand Drive Initiative and drivers protesting against the project banning the import of right-hand drive cars are conducting a protest march, the final point of which was the Ministry of Transport and Communications.

According to Gevorg Achemyan, coordinator of the initiative, their only demand is the recall and cancellation of the banning project, after which they are ready to be included in the working group and hold discussions with the ministry on this issue. 

“Any citizen, group or initiative can join our future work, we are open to discussion, during which non-problematic provisions will be developed,” he said, noting that earlier today Minister Vahan Martirosyan had already expressed his willingness to meet with members of the initiative. 

It should be noted that around 100 cars are currently participating in the motorcade, although only 60 should have participated in the rally, because in case of a larger number, the initiative should have received permission from the Yerevan Municipality. Nevertheless, the municipality was properly informed about the protest march.

As VERELQ reported earlier, from April 2018, the import of right-hand drive cars to Armenia will be banned. This is clear and difficult to change in this regard, no protest action or motorcade will stop this. The state, which with such a decision confronts more than 30,000 citizens who own right-hand drive vehicles, is not going to compensate the financial loss of the citizens in any way (the steering wheel must be left-handed to sell) and this issue was not even discussed during the discussion of the project. And it leaves no alternative: to drive the car until the last breath, if it is not possible to sell it, because in the near future it will also be banned with the right-hand drive system. use of funds.