Ani Hovhannisyan, the Hetq
On November 9 a discussion was held at the Aarhus Center devoted to the construction of a 7-8 storey hotel next to the underground station “Republic Square”. The discussions haven’t even started when “For Sustainable Human Development” NGO Chairman Karine Danielyan said, “The city is getting destroyed, and a suicide is committed.”
One of the destroying blows to the city is the construction of this hotel. Yerevan Municipality Architecture and Urban Development Department Employee Ashot Hakobyan was trying to clarify certain details about eminent domain, but the environmentalists didn’t even want to hear that.
“We are sick and tired with your eminent domain. Eminent domain should be within public interests. With your eminent domain you destroyed both Sevan, and Yerevan, and Armenia. People keep on leaving Armenia, while you keep on repeating about eminent domain. Aren’t you ashamed of this. Stop it, we don’t want to listen about it any longer,” said “Armenian Botanical Co.” NGO Chairman Gohar Oganezova, which was accompanied with applauses.
November 11, 2011 at 16:44