Thursday, May 17 2018 16:00

ArmInfo. "There is no doubt that Taron Margaryan was elected through electoral bribes," Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan said on May 17 before the government meeting, touching upon the demand of citizens for the resignation of  Taron Margaryan, the head of the capital's administration.

At the same time, he said that it is wrong to demand the resignation of all  at once.  "If we try to solve all the problems at once, we will  immediately fail." As for those or other resignations, it is not  right to demand the resignation of all at once, such questions should  be resolved "step by step," Pashinyan said trees in the territory  adjacent to the Myasnikyan monument, which became the leitmotif of  yesterday's protest actions at the Yerevan mayor's office, according  to him, according to him, new trees will be planted instead of cut  down trees. "I do not think the mayor's office will fulfill its  promise," said Pashinya , Noting that it will follow the process.

To note, Pashinyan also addressed the issue of the resignation of  Yerevan mayor during his recent video address. "The demand for the  resignation of Mayor Taron Margaryan and Prosecutor General's Artur  Davtyan will be discussed with the public," he said. It should be  reminded that on the eve of the morning a group of protesters near  the building of the Yerevan City Hall resumed protests demanding the  resignation of Mayor Taron Margaryan. They also demanded an  explanation about the cutting down of trees in the park near the  monument to Alexander Myasnikian, accusing the capital city  administration of cutting healthy trees in the center of Yerevan  under the guise of improvement. Further, the protesters crossed the  turnstile in the building of the Moscow mayor's office and entered  inside, despite the opposition of the guards.

They demanded the resignation of the mayor Taron Margaryan, a member  of the Republican Party of Armenia. Then the mayor's administration  appealed to the police, demanding "to take measures to stop illegal  activities and restore normal activities of the mayoralty." Next, the  mayor's office was contracted to support the mayor Taron Margaryan,  who chanted: "Taron is our mayor," and sometimes even "Taron is prime  minister." As several media outlets have noted, the participants in  the action of like-minded people of the capital's mayor are residents  of the administrative district of Avan, where Margaryan lives and who  was in charge of his time. And only when the crowd of the mayor's  opponents moved towards the Prosecutor General's Office, and only his  supporters remained at the mayor's office, Taron Margaryan finally  came out to the people. Individual citizens rushed to him in embrace.  "My very dear fellow citizens," the head of the city administration  began his speech, "I am very glad that you have gathered here." As  the mayor pointed out, the words of his like-minded people, citizens  who appreciate his work, were heard. "I am grateful to you for coming  here and defending your mayor," he said.

As the acting mayor indicated, he does not intend to resign, because  "anywhere in the world it is not accepted that the victorious  political force should try to pressure the local self-government  bodies." Touching upon activists' accusations that the Yerevan  municipality, in the guise of accomplishment, cut down healthy trees  in the center of the capital, Margaryan noted that he is very  grateful to the "Vardanyan Family" foundation for taking up the  construction of the park.

He assured that soon the developer will present the construction plan  in details to the public. In the evening the "Vardanyan family"  distributed a video telling about the planned construction.