ARMENIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS: ARMENIAN AUTHORITIES APPLY ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCE AGAIN

Arminfo
2010-04-06 16:06:00

ArmInfo. "On the threshold of the rally being organized by the Armenian
National Congress (ANC), the Armenian authorities have launched
administrative methods on preventing people from participation in our
protest actions in Yerevan", Arman Musinyan, Press-Secretary of the
Armenian first president, ANC Head Levon Ter-Petrosyan, told ArmInfo
correspondent. "The fixed-route taxis and buses going to Yerevan from
the Armenian regions work not very well.

For instance, in some regions they do not work at all, and in some
of them they work partly",- he said. As regards the taxi services,
they have been instructed to take no more than one passenger, he added.

According to Musinyan, this time the Armenian road policemen are
somewhat passive, apparently, by the authorities’ instruction. No
policemen stopping cars or fixed-route taxis to set down the
passengers suspected of adherence to the opposition are observed on
the highways. However, the law-enforcers are carrying out "explanatory"
work with the opposition supporters on the rural roads.

The ANC rally aiming to support the demand to hold snap elections in
the country will be held the in the territory adjoining Matenadaran at
6 pm. The rally and procession are sanctioned. The rally will cover
issues related to domestic and foreign policy of the country. The
oppositionists will also touch on economic issues, particularly,
those related to growth in prices of communal services.