On International Children’s Day, Children Protest Armenian Prime Minister’s Decision

A protest took place on International Children’s Day today outside the former kindergarten at Nalbandian 106/1 in Yerevan.

“[Armenian] Prime MInister Tigran Sargsyan has bypassed the law and citing a 2003 Armenian government decision, sold the kindergarten at Nalbandian 106/1 to Avag Shin (“Good Construction”) Ltd.,” Victims of State Needs NGO president Setrak Baghdasaryan told Organize-now.am during the protest.

“In 2005, the National Assembly approved a law according to which it is prohibited to privatize educational, middle and high school institutions, but in Mar. 2010, [Armenian] Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, bypassing this law, cites a 2003 decision and sells the two-storey kindergarten overseen by the police to Avag Shin Ltd., when first [enforced] here is the Republic’s Constitution, then the law, and then the decision. That is to say, from the start, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan bypassed the law, violating it,” he said.

Children present at the demonstration, as a sign of protest, drew and wrote on the ground and the construction walls.

Photo from the website TigranSargsyan.am.