Opposition Bright Armenia Party to convene emergency session of parliament to lift martial law

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YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 17, ARMENPRESS. Opposition Bright Armenia Party (LHK) will convene an emergency session of parliament seeking to lift the martial law which was declared nationwide on September 27, the day Azerbaijan attacked Artsakh.

“We are convening an emergency session at 18:30, we are proposing to lift the martial law, and then return the freedoms in the country and enable democratic processes to take place. The martial law was declared for mobilization. Mobilization has ended. I am asking you to make an appearance at this session and vote in favor of lifting the martial law,” LHK leader Edmon Marukyan told other lawmakers in parliament.

He also recommended the ruling My Step bloc to jointly discuss the Karabakh armistice agreement at another extraordinary session.

Editing and Translating by Stepan Kocharyan

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