They Were the Scandalous Trees Planted by the Previous Ones: Facebook User

“They were the scandalous, out-of-control trees planted by the previous ones, and they did not produce oxygen well. Now we will cut them down, plant the pink bushes, and everything will look beautiful. For a populist, the appearance is what matters—empty rhetoric,” wrote a Facebook user by the name Vigen Sargsyan.

He added: #our_black_heart_your_pink_bush

It is noteworthy that on March 23, the Yerevan Municipality's “Greening and Environmental Protection” unit announced the start of work to replace “aged, nearly non-functional trees with viable, decorative trees.” The work commenced from the Cascade, and the cutting down of stout trees sparked a wave of protest among citizens.