Will Armenia hold an extraordinary election?
HAK leaders started their speeches during today's rally extending condolence to the victims of March 1, 2008.
Chief editor of Haykakan Zhamanak daily who was recently sentenced to 7 seven years of prison, also sent a letter of condolence which was read out for the ralliers.
HAK leaders dwelt on numerous subjects including exposure of the March 1 clashes, the country's foreign policy, Karabakh conflict, etc.
HAK representative Aram Manukian announced that the Congress would set up a fact-finding group to size up the property of Armenian authorities.
HAK Coordinator Levon Zurabyan said the pro-government forces are in agony as "Serzh Sargsyan can no longer satisfy their appetite." Levon Zurabyan also underlined that Armenia should hold an extraordinary presidential election by the fall of 2010.
Hanrapetutyun (Republic) Party Leader Aram Sargsyan announced that the authorities had done their utmost in the past two years to conceal the perpetrators of the March 1 events. Moreover, the Prosecutor-General continues "fooling" people saying that everything has been done to disclose the events.
Regarding the country's foreign policy Aram Sargsyan noted that Serzh Sargsyan is the only person who benefits from Armenian-Turkish rapprochement as he is enabled to extend his office.
Following the speech of Armenia's first President Levon Ter-Petrosyan, HAK started a march to the Statue of Miasnikyan, chanting "Levon, President!" "Free, Independent Armenia!"
HAK's next rally is due on April 6.
