ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES REFUSE TO AUTHORIZE RALLY IN YEREVAN
Arminfo
19 Mar 07
Yerevan, 19 March: The Yerevan city authorities did not give permission
to the Prosperous Armenia Party [PAP] members to stage a rally at
Freedom Square on 27 March, the PAP press service has said.
The report said that the PAP wanted to stage a rally at Freedom
Square from 1800 [1400 gmt] to 2000 [1600 gmt] on 27 March. There is
no information about further actions by the party.
Earlier the mayor’s office did not allow the opposition socio-political
Alternative movement to stage a rally at Freedom Square on 30
March. Members of the opposition have said that they will protest
the decision in court. Meanwhile, the mayor’s office failed to
prohibit within constitutional deadlines the staging of a rally by
the Alternative movement at Freedom Square on 23 March.