"RALLIES OF LEVON TER-PETROSIAN WILL BECOME TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR AND BE OF PERMANENT CHARACTER," NIKOL PASHINIAN SAYS

Noyan Tapan
Feb 21, 2008

YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 21, NOYAN TAPAN. On February 21 Levon Ter-Petrosian,
the first President of the Republic of Armenia, started his regular
rally with a joke, declaring that he has ordered the sunny weather
of today and that he is in a very high mood.

Nikol Pashinian, the representative of the Alternative public-political
initiative and the man, who is conducting the rally, declared that
since February 21 their struggle will be "of permanent character and
will not stop any longer." The rally will be a twenty-four-hour one
and marches, demonstrations and pickets will constantly take place.

Heghine Bisharian, the Deputy Chairman of the Orinats Yerkir (Country
of Law) Party, also took part in the rally. She mentioned that
despite the fact that offensive words were voiced from the rostrum
a few days ago addressed to Arthur Baghdasarian, the Chairman of
the Orinats Yerkir Party, she has come to the rally. She declared
that a recalculation of the votes has started in different pollings
stations on February 21 and the Orinats Yerkir Party is waiting
for that recalculation, as a result of which, in her conviction,
the votes of Arthur Baghdasarian are to increase. Heghine Bisharian
said that according to the data of the Orinats Yerkir Party, Arthur
Baghdasarian has received much more votes than the number officially
presented. In response to this, the participants of the rally started
crying: "Levon – President."

Nikol Pashinian mentioned that they demand to arrest "the whelps
of "muk" of Mkhchian" (the relatives of Deputy Prime Minister
Hovik Abrahamian – N.T.), the prefects of the Arabkir and Erebuni
communities, as well as to broadcast live the rally by the Public
Television.