ARMENIAN OPPOSITION COMMEMORATES GENOCIDE VICTIMS
PanARMENIAN.Net
24.04.2008 17:20 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia’s first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan laid
flowers to the Memorial to Armenian Genocide victims.
Earlier, opposition supporters marched from the center of Yerevan
toward Tsitsernakaberd. Ter-Petrosyan joined the march at the foot
of Tsitsernakaberd hill.
Keeping silent at the beginning, the oppositionists accompanied
Ter-Petrosyan to the Memorial crying out "Levon President" slogan,
Novosti Armenia reports.
Today’s march started at the monument to Martiros Saryan, since
Liberty Square was cordoned by the police. Despite numerous requests,
the opposition supporters blocked the traffic in the central streets
leading to the Tsitsernakaberd. The march was headed by Republic
party leader Aram Sargsyan and People’s Party leader Stepan Demirchyan