Yerevan Mayor’s Spokesperson Artyom Karapetyan writes:
“The case of fining the mother of Erik Gasparyan, a participant in the 44-day war who acquired a first-degree disability as a result of the war, for using public transport has been discussed on social networks in recent days. On this occasion, we consider it important to present the factual and legal circumstances of the case.
According to the procedure established by the Yerevan Council of Elders, the privilege of free use of public transport for people with disabilities is a means of social support and is provided to a specific beneficiary based on his or her data. According to the current regulation, this privilege does not apply to the beneficiary’s accompanying person or family member. In this case, the fine was imposed because the privileged traffic right was used not by the beneficiary, but by the person accompanying him or her, which is an administrative offense and the fine protocol was drawn up on that basis.
The fine has been paid.
In order to prevent such situations from arising in the future, a draft is being discussed that envisages preferential or free use of public transport for assistants or companions of people with disabilities, and in some cases also for their accompanying family members.”
Let us recall that earlier information was disseminated that a protocol had been drawn up on the fine of 15,000 drams for the mother of officer Erik Gasparyan, a participant in the 44-day war and a 1st degree disabled person from the war, on Yerevan public transport.
