The youth wing of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation carried out a protest in front of the Ministry of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport building in Armenia. They brought empty boxes with them for Arayik Harutyunyan to gather his belongings. “We are kind enough to not enter his office without his permission, which is why we will leave these boxes here for him to gather his belongings and leave,” one of the protesters said.
“We do not have anything against him. We simply want to help him leave with dignity. I am a taxpayer, and a lot needs to happen in this country with the money I pay in taxes that will make Armenia stronger. I am happy to pay those taxes, but I will not tolerate it if my tax money goes towards funding a film about transgendered people, especially not someone who left Armenia and now lives in the Netherlands. There are many problems in the education sector that need to be resolved. The minister crossed the line; he clearly has problems with the concept of homeland, Armenians, and nation. I do not like his policies,” a member of the Armenian Youth Federation said. Then, he called upon the minister to travel to work on the metro again and ask passersby whether or not they want him to remain the minister.
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“If Arayik Harutyunyan resigns, the initiative will dissolve. I will go to work and my friends will go to class. None of us are idle,” one of the AYF activists said. Then he added that they came to prove that Arayik Harutyunyan cannot work as a minister due to some of his consistent mistakes. “There are lines that cannot be crossed in Armenia by any of us, especially not officials, and if you cross those lines, you cannot be a minister. You are a regular citizen.”
Gohar Hakobyan
