Friday, January 19 2018 18:40

ArmInfo. In Yerevan, the "Elk" bloc marches against the price increase. Participants in the march - about three thousand people, pass through the central streets of Yerevan, chanting "Decrease!", "No to price increase and robbery!"

Participants of the march also push a green car VAZ 21-01 through the streets of Yerevan, which, according to one of the leaders of the "Elk" block, Nikol Pashinyan, symbolizes the Armenian economy, which constantly stumbles and constantly needs to be "pushed". "Recently, Armenian Prime Minister Karen Karapetyan advised drivers to use gas instead of gasoline, since the latter has risen in price, but since gas prices have risen in price with gas, the citizens of Armenia have nothing to do but push their cars," Pashinyan said.

Prior to the start of the protest, the leaders of the Elk bloc addressed the protesters. Thus, the deputy Edmond Marukyan stated that the reason for the increase in prices for a number of goods was the new Tax Code, according to which many types of taxes were raised, which led to a total rise in price in the republic. "Since January 2018, prices for diesel fuel, gasoline, and compressed gas have risen, which is hi to the rise in prices for all other products, which is not at all connected with the membership of the republic in the Eurasian Economic Union, but due to higher taxes." If we unite, then we it will be possible to force the authorities to change this Tax Code," said Marukyan.

The deputy, former Prime Minister of Armenia Aram Sargsyan stated that this is the only and effective way of fighting against the rise in prices. "If we remain inactive, nothing will change, soon more and more citizens and residents of the provinces will come out into the street, and we will keep our hand on the pulse as the opposition." This is the beginning of a new political process, "the MP said, emphasizing that the only way to fight power are street protests. "In recent times, I often hear the phrase that the people of our country, the society are disappointed and desperate, and so we become even more disappointed and desperate, and if we do not achieve anything, if the authorities beat the man's pocket, he goes to In March and April, other people will join us who will not be able to solve their elementary problems, peasants who will not be able to cultivate the land because they will not be able to buy diesel fuel for tractors. If the country's leadership sees that to us annexed Smiling a lot of people, it will realize that the power play and not so easy thing, at least as long as the society struggling against it", concluded the deputy.

The head of the Elk faction Nikol Pashinyan noted that today the brother of the Armenian President Levon Sargsyan was elected head of the board of trustees of the Institute of Ancient Manuscripts "Matenadaran". In response, the protesters began to chant "Shame! Shame!" As the deputy noted, in just 4 years, Levon Sargsyan received first a Ph.D., and then a doctoral degree. "We can only guess what scientific degrees the younger brother of President Sashik Sargsyan received over the years, although he is worthy of the post of head of the Academy of Sciences, as he is a doctor and a professor in mathematical sciences," Pashinyan said.

He also stressed that the goal of the "Elk" bloc's steps is to stop the process of impoverishment of the people. "The increase in prices and taxes means that citizens will increasingly depend on pre-election bribes of 10.000 drams. Our goal is to get people out of the pit into which they were thrown by the Republican Party of Armenia and Serzh Sargsyan, to release him from the tens of thousands of electoral bribes. take my hand and get out of this hole. We need you to believe not in us but in yourself.We are only a technical means on this way, as soon as you leave the pit, we will become secondary players, the masters of your destinies will be you Believe in your strength and the goal is very specific, we need to get a parliamentary majority to lower prices ", concluded the deputy.