"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Drams 90 million were allocated from the state budget of the Republic of Armenia to light the main Christmas tree on December 8 and make people suffocate." Zhoghovurd daily learned about this from official sources .
The point is that the expensive fireworks are not the only joy that caused the attendees and the residents of the Center. it also raised a great wave of protest.
The citizens alerted the "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper, claim that although the fireworks and the event were beautiful and successful, the movement of the citizens and the organizational part were disorganized.
After the fireworks, the flow of people surrounded the Republic Square and the movement stopped, creating artificial traffic jams.
As a result of the disorganized work of the Yerevan Municipality or the Yerevan Patrol Service, the citizens fainted in the inhumane traffic jams, the crying of children continued.
Moreover, so that the children would not suffocate as a result of the stampede, the parents had placed the children on their shoulders and somehow pulled them out of the chaos. The disorganized opening was striking because, for example, during the Children's Eurovision held in Armenia, which was no less a big event and a historical event for Armenia, the level of organization was also felt by the law enforcement officers. Citizens' bags were checked at the entrance to the event to avoid unwanted incidents during the event. Moreover, the different ways of entry and exit were clearly provided.
And during the event organized by the Yerevan Municipality and "Cinemart" LLC, Yerevan was paralyzed from Republic Square to the outskirts of the city.
The Yerevan Municipality or the organizing company did not make any official response to the situation, and on Monday morning, Yerevan's procedural meeting did not take place, and Tigran Avinyan did not consider it necessary to apologize for the inconvenience caused.
As in the previous 2 years, the works of shaping the capital city were organized by "Cinemart" LLC.
In 2022 and 2023, a contract was signed with "Cinemart" for the services of holiday decoration, by the method of purchase from one person. In 2022, the festive event was organized with 191 million drams, in 2023 - with 202 million drams, in 2024 - with 209 million drams. The financial growth is obvious and not small at all.
In addition to "Cinemart", the government's beloved "Factory Production" LLC also carried out decoration works in Republic Square, which signed a contract with Yerevan Municipality for the New Year's decoration of the singing fountains area, which cost 60 million drams, and for the organization of the Christmas fair. works: 190 million drams.
90 million drams were paid to this company for organizing the lighting ceremony of the main Christmas tree in Republic Square.
Rudik Ter-Galstyan, the owner of "Factory Production" LLC, did not answer the many calls of the "Zhoghovurd" daily newspaper, perhaps avoiding responsibility, but the fact is that the organized event, to put it in a popular way, was stolen."
