MARCH 1 RALLY BANNED
A1+
[04:02 pm] 12 February, 2009
They prohibited Ter-Petrosyan and allowed Karapetyan The Yerevan
municipality banned the rally and the march of the opposition on March
1 near the Matenadaran or the Northern Avenue square, according to
the information on the website of the Yerevan municipality. It is
not stated why the rally has been banned in the site chosen by the
opposition, that is, the area near the Matenadaran or the Northern
Avenue square. The municipality simply proposes to hold the rally on
the day and hour stated in the notice at the area near the "Dinamo"
stadium. In fact, the notice was discussed without head of the
political council of the "Republic" political party and authorized
representative of the Armenian National Congress Artak Zeynalyan
who had sent the appeal to the Yerevan municipality. Although
Zeynalyan told "A1+" that they were not notified about the day and
hour of the discussion, the information of the municipality states:
"Although the organizer was notified about the day and hour of the
discussion, he didn’t participate and the discussion was held in his
absence. According to the 3rd section of article 12 of the RA law on
"Meetings, rallies, marches and demonstrations", "discussion of the
notice is implemented regardless of the presence of the organizers." In
fact, the Yerevan municipality allowed leader of the People’s Party
Tigran Karapetyan to hold a candle-lighting event near the Miasnikyan
statue on February 28 at 5 p.m. in memory of the victims of March 1.