Several public organizations of Armenia have come forward with a demand of Transport Minister, Gagik Beglaryan's, resignation because of the transport collapse in Yerevan.
As the head of the League for Protection of Drivers' Rights Tigran Hovannisyan said, Beglaryan does not fulfill his obligations and has not drawn out the needed conceptions to avoid chaos, which the transport system of the country has found itself in. "The Mayor's Office adopts decisions about the tariffs, but Transport Ministry should put the frames which private businessmen cannot break. However, our ministry does not need that", - he said. He also offered the minister to set up a commission which will find solution together with public organizations.
He said that the protesting taxi drivers and drivers of the public transport have given a week to Beglaryan to reform the system, otherwise they will take radical measures.
Taxi drivers were displeased with the decision about the paid parking in Yerevan. If somebody want to park his car for more than 5 minutes, he should send SMS to the number 1045 (an hour of parking costs 100 drams), and to the number 5045, for 24 hours of parking, which costs 500 drams.