{"id":132699,"date":"2011-10-04T18:32:53","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T13:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epress.am\/?p=132699"},"modified":"2011-10-05T13:52:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T08:52:19","slug":"photos-activists-suggest-transport-minister-resign-%e2%80%94-by-taking-a-minibus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epress.am\/en\/2011\/10\/04\/photos-activists-suggest-transport-minister-resign-%e2%80%94-by-taking-a-minibus.html","title":{"rendered":"PHOTOS: Activists Suggest Transport Minister Resign \u2013 by Taking a Minibus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holding signs with such inscription as “Minister, leave (with a minibus),” “I don’t bend over,” “Bent over till where?” and “The nation’s backbone is being broken in minibuses,” members of a local civic initiative called “Dignified Transport” were protesting outside Armenia’s Ministry of Transport and Communication at around 5 pm today.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to journalists, group member Arevik Martirosyan said that they will be handing over a letter requesting RA Minister of Transport and Communication Manuk Vardanyan’s resignation, since he “cannot ensure citizens’ dignified transportation.”<\/p>\n

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“Recently, it became obvious that the roads [to the capital] from the regions are closed and people cannot move freely. We’re not asking for the minister’s resignation because of the regional [public] transportation not working; it’s simply one of the factors which makes his resignation more of a priority. If he can’t find a common language with actual route owners [who own individual public transportation routes], he has to go. In truth, the issue goes deeper than that; it’s political \u2014 it’s true, we have a systematic issue, but if every minister is in his place and in his field, then perhaps we can achieve real successes,” Arevik told Epress.am.<\/p>\n

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Recall, since Sept. 30, when the opposition Armenian National Congress announced the start of nonstop rallies in the capital, the inter-city public transportation from various towns and villages around the country was partially or wholly non operational.<\/p>\n

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