“THE STRIKE PLACES” DO NOT REMAIN EMPTY
Support A1+!Today the dwellers of Northern and Chief Avenues organized a protest in front of the Government premises with the following posters, “We demand flats as a solution to our matter.” Their strike passed without any serious incidents; there were no cries or threats; they simply gathered to remind the Government of their existence.
As usual the strikers were received by no one; even the Human Rights Protector Armen Haroutyunyan left the building without inquiring of their demands. The strikers did not submit any new application or letter. “We gave our applications long ago but so far we haven’t had any response to them. They found a certain Chief of Regional Department Khachatur Vardanyan and sent him to calm us down,” said one of the strikers.
According to the strikers’ explanations their gathering in front of the Government building is determined by the presence of the Justice Minister in the Government session. “Justice in our country is presented by a person who claims that we are interested in money. We demand David Haroutyunyan to step back from his financial interests, to imagine himself as the representative of the Armenian nation in the Constitutional Court on April 18 and to have a fair approach to the matter,” says Sedrak Baghdasaryan.
The strikers are sure with 95% that they will win in the Constitutional Court but they continue their strikes as “the remaining 5% may be fatal. The high - rank officials may order the Constitutional Court to reject our requests.” Sedrak Baghdasaryan is not particularly interested in the decision of the Constitutional Court. “We turned to all courts but none of them assisted us. My last hope is the European Court. The Government is seriously interested in the decision of the Constitutional Court as it is a question of honor.”
The further steps of the strikers are connected with the decision of the Constitutional Court, but they are sure in one thing, “We shall continue our struggle to the end,” assures Vachagan Hakobyan.
