SUPPORTERS OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN TO HOLD CONTINUOUS EVENTS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 20, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN. A rally of the RA presidential
candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian and the forces suppoting him took place
in the area adjacent to the Matenadaran on February 20. According
to policemen present, the number of rally participants made about
ten thousand. People thronged the area from the Matenadaran to the
Nairi Cinema. Several dozen policemen stood at the cinema, watching
the rally from a distance.

A procession to make its way along central streets of Yerevan
and end at the building of the RA Central Electoral Commission
(CEC) was organized after the rally. Member of the the
candidate’s central headquarters Nikol Pashinian appealed to the
participants not to succumb to provocation and to hold a peaceful
procession. L. Ter-Petrosian was walking in the front line of the
procession. The rally participants stopped in front of the government’s
building, chanting "Serzhik, Go Away, Levon is President". Then part
of them went to the CEC building which was surrounded by helmeted
policemen.

As of 6:30 p.m., supporters of L. Ter-Petrosian were gathering in
Freedom Square. According to N. Pashinian, the events will last until
late evening.