Yerevan Municipality Determined To End Street Trade
25.01.2011,
15:37
The Yerevan municipal administration is determined to continue the fight against illegal street trade, mayor Karen Karapetian told Monday the Council of Elders.
YEREVAN, January 25, /ARKA/. The Yerevan municipal administration is determined to continue the fight against illegal street trade, mayor Karen Karapetian told Monday the Council of Elders (the city’s legislative assembly).
The new mayor ordered the ban on street trade shortly after taking office a month ago. The ban was enforced immediately by police that cleared sidewalks of people selling a wide range of goods. The ban caused angry protests of street vendors who say they have lost their sole source of income. hundreds of them protested for several days outside the Yerevan Mayor’s Office.
According to the mayor, street vendors were offered to shift to markets. He also ordered the municipality department in charge of trade to examine whether there is a need to build more small markets.
The street trade in Yerevan was banned by a 2004 municipality decision. The traders who violate it face a penalty between 10,000-20,000 Drams. Virtually all previous mayors attempted to ban completely street trade in Yerevan, but with little success. The city authorities could drive street vendors mostly of downtown Yerevan. -0-
The new mayor ordered the ban on street trade shortly after taking office a month ago. The ban was enforced immediately by police that cleared sidewalks of people selling a wide range of goods. The ban caused angry protests of street vendors who say they have lost their sole source of income. hundreds of them protested for several days outside the Yerevan Mayor’s Office.
According to the mayor, street vendors were offered to shift to markets. He also ordered the municipality department in charge of trade to examine whether there is a need to build more small markets.
The street trade in Yerevan was banned by a 2004 municipality decision. The traders who violate it face a penalty between 10,000-20,000 Drams. Virtually all previous mayors attempted to ban completely street trade in Yerevan, but with little success. The city authorities could drive street vendors mostly of downtown Yerevan. -0-
