Is March 1 obstacles?
Employees of Gold World market are going to stop their strike as they think the protest has become a subject of political speculations. The decision is also conditioned by a rally of the Armenian National Congress (HAK) due on March 1.
"We have nothing to do with the March 1 events. They simply want to smear our good name though they know that the strike pursues no political aim. We shall resume the protest after March 1," said the employees.
Former employees of the market Rafael Antonyan and Artashes Arakelyan who were detained yesterday and released later tried to calm down the protesters.
Artashes Arakelyan assured his former colleagues that they would face no tax encroachments for 15 days.
"They will stop taking stock of gold jewelry as they came to realize that they cannot pocket public property. They will no longer treat us the way they used to," he said.
But the protesters believed none of his words. They promised to stop the strike after they saw the government's decision.
"March 1 is a mere pretence under which they want to disperse the crowd and settle the issue," said a protester.
It is already a week the employees of "Vosku Ashkharh" (Gold World) market are on strike protesting against the recent package of tax "reforms". They refuse to pay the 11% of their annual turnover and want to work with fixed payment.
