YEREVAN. – The youth, who are staging a sit-in across the Armenian capital city Yerevan Municipality building, are planning on placing a sunshade on Tuesday. 

“The sit-in, which started on July 26 in front of the municipality, is continuing. [But] we [hereby] state that we find it appropriate to place a sunshade today, [Tuesday] August 13 at 2pm, to protect [ourselves] from direct sunlight, the threat to our life and health under the current conditions. 

“[But] we inform the Police that, with that, we will not obstruct others’ freedom of movement, [and] we will not disrupt the smooth functioning of the state or other agencies and the public order.      

“We are guided by the right given to us by the Armenian Constitution,” specifically reads the respective statement by the sit-in participants. 

To note, the activists have several demands, which include the dismissals of Municipality Transport Department Chief Henrik Navasardyan and Yerevan Trans Company Director Misak Hambardzumyan.     

As Armenian News-NEWS.am informed earlier, the Yerevan Municipality recent decision to increase the public transport fares in the city had brought about outbursts, several groups were formed in the social networks, and the initiatives were staging protests and distributing pamphlets against this decision. In addition, the Free Car initiative was launched, along the lines of which Armenia’s numerous well-known personalities, MPs, and ordinary residents were providing—with their own vehicles—free transportation to the people.

And on July 25, Mayor Taron Margaryan suspended the decision on the fare hike; but the wave of the aforesaid movement is still alive. The activists demand that the persons, who made the decision on raising the transport fares, be brought to account, and those officials, who used violence against and cursed at the activists, be punished.