23/06/2015 13:43
Serj Tankian reacts to clashes in Yerevan
Serj Tankian, the lead singer of the world-renowned American Armenian rock band System of a Down (SOAD), has reacted to the ongoing fight against electricity price hike in Armenia, and to the police using force against the demonstrators.
Tankian posted, on his Facebook account, an article about the respective protests in capital city Yerevan and commented as follows: “This article below says 3 things for me:
1) monopolistic foreign owned utility companies should be made a state asset and strictly regulated and audited by an independent panel. 2) Armenia's civic society is burgeoning and 3) previous successful campaigns at peaceful civic disobedience against unjust programs like the rate hike in public transportation have born fruit.”