World-known musician, soloist of the System of a Down rock group expressed his concern with regard the fight against the electricity price hike and the use of force by the police against the protesters in his Facebook post. Posting a link to the coverage of the accident, Serj Tankian wrote:
“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”.
