Several dozen bus drivers went on strike on Wednesday, saying that they risk losing their jobs because of controversial free public transportation sponsored by Gagik Tsarukian, a millionaire businessman leading Armenia's second largest parliamentary party.
The protest action appeared to be the latest twist in a bitter dispute between Tsarukian and Artur Harutiunian, his former protégé and business partner based in Abovian, a town 15 kilometers north of Yerevan.
Harutiunian reportedly fell out with the Prosperous Armenia Party (BHK) leader late last year, openly challenging the tycoon in an area that has long been considered his de facto fiefdom. Some media reports linked that with the BHK's worsening relations with President Serzh Sarkisian's Republican Party (HHK), of which Harutiunian is a member.
Armenian News
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