OPPOSITION RALLY CALLS FOR TOPPLING OF ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT
Arminfo
18 May 07
Yerevan, 18 May: A rally of the opposition forces with about 3,000
people has started on Freedom Square in Yerevan.
The leaders, who call themselves the radical opposition, are on
the rostrum.
They are Aram Sarkisyan of the Republic Party; Aram Karapetyan of the
New Times party; Nikol Pashinyan of the Impeachment bloc as well as the
Stepan Demirchyan of People’s Party of Armenia and Yegine Bashiryan,
deputy chairman of the Orinats Yerkir party.
Speaking on behalf of all the organizers of the rally, Pashinyan said
that the abovesaid opposition forces are demanding that the Armenian
Constitution Court declare null and void the results of the 12 May
parliamentary election.
Calls are being voiced at the rally for the continuation of the
struggle "to overthrow the anti-people regime of [Presenter] Robert
Kocharyan and [Prime Minister] Serzh Sargsyan".
After the rally, a march is planned to the Republic Square where a
complex of the government offices is located.