OPPOSITION RALLY TO BE HELD IN NORTHERN AVENUE
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[05:15 pm] 24 September, 2008
The Armenian National Congress has already notified the Yerevan
City Hall about the upcoming rally and march on September 26. The
City Hall rejected the notification with a groundless and fake
excuse. The leitmotif of the coming rally is the local election in
Kentron district.
The candidate of the Armenian National Congress Ararat Zurabyan who
stands for the district head of Kentron commune, has also applied
to the City Hall to hold a pre-election meeting with his voters on
September 26. Violating the Election Code, the City Hall declined
that notification as well. We do not accept these rejections as they
violate the constitutional rights of Armenian citizens and the rights
set down in the Declaration on Human Rights. We will exercise our
rights and hold the rally on September 26.
Dear compatriots, We will not allow any provocations. At the same time
we have the opportunity to respond to the toughness of the regime
by the solution of a problem which has become highly important in
the given conditions. We aim to win the local elections in Kentron
commune. The Armenian National Congress and its candidate Ararat
Zurabyan have every possibility to win. The victory will be of a
great psychological importance and will change not only the internal
political and psychological atmosphere but also the correlation of
forces in a short period of time.
We certainly do not doubt that the government will try to use their
arsenal of illegalities, but we are also convinced that our force
is enough to curb illegalities, reduce their effect, and reveal the
real outcome of vote. This possibility cannot be missed. Therefore,
considering the exceptional political importance of the election,
the Armenian National Congress appeals to its supporters all
over the country: Contact your relatives, friends, acquaintances
living in the district and ask them to vote for Ararat Zurabyan on
September 28. Visit the election offices of our candidate and offer
your help. Participate in Ararat Zurabyan’s pre-election rally due
at 6 pm, SEPTEMBER 26 in NORTHERN AVENUE.