Civic activist Daniel Ioannisyan does not understand the meaning of vacating Baghramyan Avenue. “Because the demands are not fulfilled. What’s the difference how the ENA is going to receive this 35-36 billion drams per year on our expense? Will it be announced in the form of electricity price hike or in the form of taxes that we pay to the budget, and from the budget to ENA, I really see no difference. The fact that this issue was included on the agenda was simply an absurd. The rally here is a peaceful one, this is consistent with the requirements of the Constitution, Article 29 and the requirements of the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 11. The police have no right to use force. This should be acknowledged and not be afraid of the police”, – said the activist to Aravot.am.
Yesterday, he was also following the protesters moving to the Liberty square and has recorded that they were about a hundred of them. “They were a couple of times less than the protesters standing here. Yesterday, we witnessed pretty interesting things in the Liberty Square. Last week, on Sundays, when it was a sit-in, the government authorities were trying to counteract by switching off the lights and so on. Last night, it left the impression that the government authorities, on the contrary, were taking steps for having a gathering in the Liberty Square, they had providing the street lights and so on, we also saw a lot of RPA youth there.” To our question, in other words, you suspect the members of the “No to Plunder” initiative in entering into a deal with the government authorities, he replied, “The RPA members have joined their fight, but I will not say that they were sold. Perhaps they are inexperienced, there is a question of responsibility here, perhaps they were afraid to take on the responsibility. If there were a massacre here and they were over the head of the people, this would put the responsibility on them, therefore, they decided to give up.”
Arpine SIMONYAN
