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A group of demonstrators have been rallying outside the building of Yerevan Municipality since Thursday morning demanding the resignation of Mayor Taron Margaryan and the dissolution of the Yerevan City Council.

The participants of the initiative dubbed “Reject Taron” state the mayor of Armenia’s capital and his team have for years neglected the issues, including the evidences on illegalities, voiced by the residents, meantime pointing to the ‘ineffective activity and misuse of state funds’ by the mayor.

According to one of the participants, Yerevan lacks architectural policy, instead ‘irregular constructions pursuing business and clan interests are being carried out in the city, with consistent efforts taken towards destroying and privatizing the green areas in Yerevan for years.”

A group of women rights defenders called attention to the insults, violence, blasphemy and threats targeting female members of the Yerevan City Council.

Members of the Yelk faction in the City Council – Ani Samsonyan and David Khazhakyan – are among the participants of the protest campaign.

Back on Wednesday, some social media users made posts demanding elections of Yerevan mayor by the residents of the capital.