OPPOSITION RALLY DISPERSED IN YEREVAN MAY 9
PanARMENIAN.Net
10.05.2007 13:27 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ An opposition rally was dispersed in Yerevan
May 9. Supporters of Impeachment bloc marched to National Security
Service building to protest the arrest of former Foreign Minister
Alexander Arzumanyan.
New Times party leader Aram Karapetyan said police met the people with
batons and tear-gas. "On half-way ‘red berets’ started pushing the
people aside. As result, several men including New Times political
council member Rafael Khostikyan and Impeachment bloc member David
Matevosyan were injured when approaching the NSS building.
Karapetyan also said 4 rally participants were detained but released
later on. "If they want to frighten us this way, they did not
succeed. We rate it as political provocation. None of the leaders of
Impeachment bloc, New Times party and Republic party left the rally,"
he said.
The rally initiators claim that some 20 thousand people took part
in it. Police, however, says the number did not exceed 5 thousand,
IA Regnum reports.
Armenian parliamentary election in due on May 12.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
