Armenia opposition holds rally in Yerevan

Arminfo
15 Jun 07

Yerevan, 15 June: Another rally organized by opposition parties is
under way in Yerevan. About 300 people are in attendance.

Only the leaders of the Impeachment bloc and the Alternative movement
are seen at the rally held near the Matenadaran [institute and museum
of manuscripts in Yerevan].

[Passage omitted: other party leaders did not attend due to various
reasons.]

Addressing the rally, Vahagn Khachatryan of the Impeachment bloc said
that the Constitutional Court’s ruling on 10 June not to invalidate the
parliamentary election had proved that the court totally depends on the
authorities.

"All of us would like not to discuss but to trust the Constitutional
Court’s ruling. But the constitutional court simply does not exist in
this country," Khachatryan said.

Addressing the rally, Melissa Brown, the wife of the former Foreign
Minister Aleksandr Arzumanyan, who is custody, said Arzumanyan welcomed
the rally. She called Arzumanyan a political prisoner fighting for
freedom.

The rally was mainly dedicated to the Nagornyy Karabakh problem. Those
addressing the rally repeated their critical comments regarding on the
Armenian authorities’ policy on the Karabakh issue. It is unlikely that
after the rally the opposition members will hold a march [presumably to
the Republic Square where a complex of the government offices is
located].