Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters’ rally ended under disguised shouting of oppositionists as a reply to the actions of the police

2008-04-19 17:20:00

ArmInfo. Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s supporters’ rally has ended under the
disguised shouting of oppositionists as a reply to the actions of the
police, which switched off electric devices at 5:00 PM, the time of
possible ending of the rally declared in advance.

Chairman of Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s election headquarters, his former
press-secretary Levon Zurabyan said that when the rally started
electric power was switched off for 30 minutes, and now they have to
continue the rally for 30 minutes. But the talks between organizers
of the rally and policemen had no result. After that supporters of
the opposition were shouting anti-governmental slogans for several
minutes and then left as the rally organizers called them to do it.As
the equipment was disconnected from energy supply, the leaders of two
large oppositional parties had no chance to make a speech, – Stepan
Demirchyan, the chairman of the People’s Party of Armenia, and Aram
Sargsyan, the head of the Political Council of the "Republic" party.

To note, the City Hall of Yerevan has acknowledged the notification
about the rally for the first time after state of emergency in Yerevan
was lifted. According to ArmInfo correspondent’s estimation, a total of
7-10 thsd people took part in the rally. The rally was held under the
scenario of the similar termless rallies from February 20 till February
29. During the intervals between the speeches, the participants
listened to the music and chanted the slogans "Levon president",
"Fight, fight up to the end", "Free, independent Armenia". After the
rally, some supporters of the opposition went to the Northern Avenue
to take part in the traditional political strolls. Levon Ter-Petrosyan
himself took no part in the April 19 activities.