Epress.am
On October 21 writer and publicist Vahram Tatikyan stopped his hunger strike as a protest against the construction of a dolphinarium in Yerevan Park after Komitas. In his interview with epress.am Vahram Tatikyan said his demands were met, nevertheless, there were certain compromises. “Yesterday evening Armenian President through Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan informed my demands were met, and the process of park beautification will be launched according to my project and with Culture Ministry support,” said the activist. In reply to our question whether the building of the dolphinarium in progress will be dismantled, the ex hunger striking said, “Yesterday night two municipality employees came and brought with them two gigantic trucks, 20 workers and temporarily fenced the building of the dolphinarium thus separating it from the park. I didn’t hunger strike against the dolphinarium, I just wanted the spiritual atmosphere of the park not to be disturbed and to make it more beautiful.”
According to him, the privatization process of the park has also been stopped, while it means that the park “has been returned to the people.”
October 22, 2010