ArmInfo. Police officers dispersed a sit-in protest organized by representatives of the youth wing of the ARF "Dashnaktsutyun" party near the building of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Armenia. According to police, four young people were detained for administrative violations while dispersing demonstrators. Representatives of the youth wing of the ARF claim that there are 15 detainees.
The situation escalated after protesters broke through the police cordon and tried to break into the ministry building to meet with the minister.
To note, the ARF youth movement demands the resignation of the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports Arayik Harutyunyan, arguing that the ministry took the legislative initiative to make the teaching of the subjects "Armenian language", "Armenian literature" and "Armenian history" optional, giving the universities the right to themselves make decision on their teaching.
The question escalated after the "Scandalous" performance "Excitement and Bell" held in front of the "Republic Square" metro station when it turned out that the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports allocated a grant in the amount of 2.7 million drams (5 thousand US dollars) for the performance.
Another reason for criticism was the partial funding by the government of a documentary film about the former member of the Armenian women's weightlifting team Meline Daluzyan, who, after emigrating to the Netherlands, changed her gender, becoming Mel Daluzyan.