“I really thought that the main goal of the revolution should be to improve the life of the people, but in fact they came and immediately began to improve their lives.” This was stated by the mayor of Yerevan Ayk Marutyan in his appeal to the residents of the capital after the student of the vote of distrust by the Council of Elders of the city.
According to him, after the extraordinary elections of 2018, everyone suddenly learned that the revolutionary leaders in the secret decision sharply increased their salary.
For example, the ministers receive 1.5 million drams. We are talking about clean money. Deputy ministers receive 1 million drams, and this is a secret decision. We are talking about “revolutionary ministers”. I am not talking about the so-called technocratic members of the state system. which, in spite of everything, are professionals and which should be appreciated for their work, “Marutyan noted.
According to him, in such a difficult period for Armenia, buying a speaker of Parliament Alain Simonian expensive car causes only bewilderment.
“in a country where 30% of the population lives beyond the poverty line, where the repair of kindergartens ask for help from foreign countries, where budget expenditures are reduced, buying a car for 200 thousand dollars causes pity, bewilderment and smile,” said the mayor of Yerevan .
He also recalled that in 2019 he put up for sale his car Mercedes brand and the money received sacrificed the city.
“I go to the economy class car and without a driver. About the bodyguards in general, I’m silent. But I am not proud of it. So it must be any official who received a revolutionary mandate,” said Marutyan.
The head of the city also noted that today’s processes have no analogues in the history of Yerevan.
“Today there is a process, the analogue of which has never been in the history of Yerevan. This is the first time when the mayor of the capital express a vote of distrust, but for this initiators had to be very good arguments. For example, theft of large funds from the budget or terrifying working Or a domestic crime. As we understood from speeches, there is nothing like that, “said Marutyan.