“SEPTEMBER 5 RALLY WILL BE A RESPONSE”

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“The recent events and ongoing violations in Northern Avenue testify to the deplorable level of the Armenian authorities’ mental abilities. For already two days the police crack down on the participants of the sit-down protest in North Avenue,” says Levon Zurabian, member of the Centre for Armenian Pan-National Movement.

In the passing two days the police tore the strikers’ posters taking along the desks of enrollment for the Armenian Pan-National Congress and collection of signatures for bringing Robert Kocharian before the court of the Hague. They urged the presentees to continue the action without posters and stands.

“The authorities fear the unprecedented momentum of the Pan-National Movement, enrollment for Congress and signature collection. They also fear the upcoming September 5 Pan-Armenian rally and the wave of complaint throughout the country,” Levon Zurabian said during an August 26 meeting with journalists.

Zurabian thinks the authorities’ employ force in reply to ideas. “Is their anything more disgraceful than a struggle against posters by brute force?”

“Suffering a moral and political defeat the authorities try to shift the struggle onto the force field,” he says.

Zurabian calls for restraint and consolidation.

“The best response of Armenian citizens’ to this totalitarian regime will be their active participation in the September 5 rally. The dictatorial pyramid already reaching its climax will surely collapse one day crowning our citizens with glorious victory. The large-scale rally will simply bring us closer to that blissful moment,” he concluded.

Note, yesterday Yerevan City Hall turned down the notifications for the September 5 rally and march.