Armenia protests enter fifth day

Emil Lazarian News

Radio Netherlands, Netherlands
Feb. 24, 2008

Armenia protests enter fifth day

Published: Sunday 24 February 2008 17:50 UTC
Last updated: Sunday 24 February 2008 17:51 UTC

Yerevan – Opposition protests in the Armenian capital Yerevan have
entered their fifth day. Demonstrators say Tuesday’s presidential
elections were rigged.

Some 20,000 people turned out on Sunday. Several hundred opposition
supporters are camping out in the capital’s central square.

According to official results, the poll was won by Prime Minister
Serzh Sarkasian, a close associate of outgoing President Robert
Kocharian. He defeated opposition candidate Levon Ter-Petrosian by a
wide margin.

The authorities have arrested a number of demonstrators and sacked
three foreign ministry employees for taking part in the protests.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS