Striker to set up tent tomorrow
Artavazd Vardanyan, who has declared a hunger strike in front of the Central Electoral Commission, made another attempt to set up a tent at 17:30, but wasn't allowed once again.
"It's illegal to set up a tent. It disturbs passers-by. You can only set up a tent after receiving the municipality's permission," said the lieutenant supervising the area and didn't mention which law prohibited that.
The police officers left after a couple of minutes, but the entire area was under surveillance. Later, an ambulance arrived, followed by a representative of the Ombudsman's Office, which tried to convince the police that the citizen had the right to declare a hunger strike in a tent.
However, that was in vain. After talking to the Ombudsman's representative, Artavazd Vardanyan decided to set up the tent tomorrow at 12:00.
Member of the "Defending Teghut" initiative Gevorg Safaryan came to support the striker.
We remind that through this the Sardarapat Movement's supporter is protesting to say that elections don't change anything in Armenia.
Statement of the RA Police
In the last couple of days, different presses have been touching upon Artavazd Vardanyan's hunger strike and have been mentioning that the RA Police prohibit him from setting up a tent in front of the Central Electoral Commission.
For a long time now, the topic of police not allowing tents has been used to suspect police actions, but the police have given several corroborated clarifications regarding the legal grounds for setting up tents during such events and have sent them to the Ombudsman's Office.
We think the issue needs to be fully clarified and call on refraining from using the strategy of criticizing the police for no reason.
