YEREVAN. – Suren Sahakyan, Vahagn Minasyan and Gor Arakelyan, who are continuing their sit-in across the Armenian capital city Yerevan Municipality building, have released a statement.

The activists noted that in response to their petition addressed to Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan, the municipality once again confirmed its willingness to jointly discuss, in the city hall building, the issues that were raised.    

“We [hereby] inform that we are going to meet with Taron Margaryan in the municipality area, today, August 14, 2013 at 5pm, to discuss the matter of placing a sunshade. Our actions are open and public,” their statement reads, in particular.

To note, the activists—who had started their sit-in on July 26—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.