Past.am: How many people attended Armenia ex-President Kocharyan-led bloc’s rally?

News.am, Armenia

11:09, 10.05.2021

The rally of “Armenia” bloc, formed by second President Robert Kocharyan as well as the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation-ARF Dashnaktsutyun and Reviving Armenia Parties, was held Sunday at Freedom Square in downtown Yerevan.

The government "platforms" rushed to announce some numbers of its participants, which, however, were so artificial that they became a subject of ridicule on social media.

But according to Past.am’s information, the respective calculations of independent specialists, the police, and the National Security Service (NSS) are quite far from the data provided by the abovementioned circles.

According to Past.am’s sources at the law enforcement, the police and the NSS, about 33,000 people took part in this rally.

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