Serj Tankian, a prominent Armenian-American rock musician, welcomed on Tuesday the dramatic street protests in Yerevan against an increase in electricity prices as a further sign of a "burgeoning" civil society in Armenia.
"Armenia’s civic society is burgeoning," he said in a Facebook post on thousands of Armenians who again took to the streets on Monday to protest against the measure.
"Previous successful campaigns at peaceful civic disobedience against unjust programs like the rate hike in public transportation have borne fruit," wrote the outspoken lead singer of the U.S. rock band System Of A Down (SOAD).
He also said that Armenia's Russian-owned power distribution network, the driving force behind the price hike, "should be made a state asset and strictly regulated and audited by an independent panel."
Armenian News
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