Interfax Russia
May 6 2007

About 6,000 people join opposition rally in Yerevan

YEREVAN. May 6 (Interfax) – The Orinats Yerkir [Law-Based State]
opposition party organized a rally in the center of Yerevan on Sunday
to protest the leadership’s political course. The rally brought
together about 6,000 participants.

"The current leadership is discrediting Armenia. All forms of
pressure are being used against the Orinats Yerkir party. But this
has not prevented us from drawing 10,000 new members to the party
ranks over the past week," Artur Bagdasarian, the party’s leader and
ex- parliamentary speaker, said.

"We must be prepared to fight in the period to go before the
parliamentary elections, on the polling day on May 12, and after the
parliamentary elections. And if we find out afterwards that
vote-rigging practices were used, we’ll say our emphatic ‘No’ to this
and fight to the end," Bagdasarian said.

If the results of the elections are falsified "a serious blow will be
dealt at Armenia’s prestige," he said.

Sociological polls indicate that Orinats Yerkir has a good chance of
winning up to 12% votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections. sd

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress