Opposition Holds Meeting Near Matenadaran

OPPOSITION HOLDS MEETING NEAR MATENADARAN

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
01.06.2009 20:19 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Today, about 07:00 p.m., Armenian National Congress
(ANC) started a meeting in Yerevan, with the participation of around
5 thousand people. In his speech delivered near Matenadaran institute
of ancient manuscripts, ANC coordinator Levon Zourabyan announced
that Yerevan would today be full of flags had the victory been
real. "Armenian authorities have managed to create a totalitarian
system of vote count. The possess accurate data on the persons selling
their votes and the prices offered. The entire state-government system
has one objective – to falsify elections," he said.

Zourabyan also said their party had been warned against interfering
in elections. But ANC finds elections to be the only way for making
people’s voice heard by political forces. "A leading political force
should always conduct its battle while being close to people. We
have considerable achievements; we were able make an advance steps
towards elaborating election mechanisms, and we’ll need that in future"
Zourabyan added. Opposition activist believes authorities have this
time managed to impose their rules on ANC. Anyway, he expressed
confidence of winning the final battle.