What Nikol Pashinyan Suggested to a Taxi Driver with a $30,000 Fine

Yesterday, a taxi driver approached me at a bus stop and mentioned that he has unpaid fines totaling "$30,000". He expected us to create a program for them similar to hopeless loans, wrote Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Facebook.

"I candidly told him that I remember in 2018, the amnesty of fines was not well received by many drivers who had diligently paid their fines, making us feel guilty in front of them. However, the taxi driver who approached me claimed that there are many people in his situation, and primarily taxi drivers. In any case, this is a topic to consider, but the understanding of those who have paid their fines faithfully is also necessary here. Of course, like in the case of hopeless loans, this case can only concern fines that are a few years old, not amnesty, but a way of working in a 'white field' and gradually paying, including through reductions in income tax or other fees. Let's think about it," Pashinyan wrote.