Livestream: Ralliers call on EU to punish Armenian authorities (video)
20:10 Members of the New Armenia opposition group today handed over a letter to the EU Office in Yerevan demanding the structure to impose sanctions against Armenia. As the work day was over, they left the letter with a security guard who kept the group waiting at the entrance of the Office for a long time. The action ended soon afterwards. 19:11 Participants of the rally held by the New Armenia Public Salvation Front are heading to Baghramyan Avenue. However, a group of police officers headed by Deputy Chief of Yerevan City Valery Osipyan have stopped them blocking their way. “You are violating the pre-defined route. You did not warn us that you intend to march to Baghramyan Avenue,” Valery Osipyan told Varujan Avetisyan, a member of the opposition movement. “If the march is peaceful, the police are obliged to ensure its peaceful course, despite its final destination,” Mr Avetisyan said. The ralliers were able to break through the police cordon and continue the march. But some time later, they were again met by a heavy cordon. The opposition group wants to hand a letter to the EU Office, demanding to use sanctions against Armenian authorities. 18:59 The New Armenia Public Salvation Front is holding a rally at Liberty Square in Yerevan. The current economic indicators show that Armenia has come to the point when economic collapse has become irreversible. In 2008, a criminal idea occurred to Sezh Sargsyan and he decided to usurp power with the help of his Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). The late Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan became the first victim of that vicious plan,” Andrias Ghukasyan, a member of the New Armenia opposition mevement, said in his addressing speech. He reiterated that their primary objective is to unseat the authorities. We continue to insist that it is necessary to create special political conditions for holding free and fair elections. We need to hold early elections in the country and prevent forger HHK from participating in the elections,” he said. “We want to establish a sovereign, democratic, social state and we will achieve our goal. That is inevitable,” he added.
