Gagik Beglaryan talks to protesting cabmen
Cabmen in Armenia again gathered in Yerevan's Shengavit community in protest against the government-proposed legislative initiative which suggests that yellow license plates be replaced by stick-on labels.
Minister of Transport and Communication Gagik Beglaryan approached the group a while ago and said he wanted to talk to the demonstrators in person. However, the conversation started in the presence of journalists. Beglaryan stated that taxi drivers will benefit from the legislative package while the protesters disagreed with him, saying that the adoption of the law will create new obstacles for them.
Lawmakers of the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) were also in Shengavit community at the request of the drivers. Talking to A1+ BHK member Vartan Oskanian said, if necessary, they would raise the issue in parliament.
