Warning picket outside parliament building
"We are against re-opening foreign-language schools" civil initiative today held a silent picket outside the National Assembly protesting against the long-disputed amendments to the Law on Language.
The Armenian parliament will convene an extraordinary sitting on June 23 where among other issues it is scheduled to discuss the amendments, which imply opening foreign-language schools in Armenia.
"This is a warning protest addressed to Armenian parliamentarians ahead of the extraordinary sitting. We shall show our real energy on June 23 with a massive protest action. This law can neither be amended nor debated. It must simply be rescinded," member of the initiative Armen Hovhannisyan told A1+.
"The government is already going to compromises. They have decided to lessen the number of foreign-schools. Yet, it is not enough. This is a matter of principle. Can they, for example, legalize 15 out of 16 murders committed in a year? No, they cannot. Armenian is the official language in Armenia. It is the language of education and an Armenian child should receive education in his Mother Tongue," Hovhannisyan added.
