Salespeople aren’t allowed to trade in Vernissage
“I have come here to earn my daily bread, but I am forced to leave. I have no means to go to Hrazdan stadium,” complained 70-year-old Gohar Gasparyan in Yerevan Vernissage. She has been engaged in trade in Vernissage for 15 years.
About 300 salespeople today in the morning weren’t allowed to sell their items. The people have been even provided money to move to Hrazdan stadium by taxis. The salespeople note that many people were forcibly put into taxis and sent to Hrazdan stadium.
Earlier Yerevan Municipality declared that starting from July 1st the section of Vernissage, where clothes, household utensils and second hand items were sold, will be closed. Ara Mkrtchyan, representative of Department of Trade and Services of Staff of Yerevan Municipality, is sure that the people are offered normal conditions, “There are good conditions, there is sheeting, there are storehouses and toilets.”
The salespeople, who don’t want to leave the territory of Vernissage, say that tomorrow they will again try to sell their items.
“We have our customers, who will never go to Hrazdan stadium,” say the salespeople.
