Raffi Hovhannisian predicts upheaval
There were more police officers than usual at Republic Square today. Perhaps they knew that their fellow police officers were prohibiting the drivers of cars with Georgian state license numbers to come from Gyumri, Vanadzor and the Tavush province to Yerevan to hold the protest-car march, but they were ready for them.
As agreed, the participants of the car march were supposed to reach the government building at 11 a.m., but police prohibited them from moving forward in Gyumri and Vanadzor.
"Heritage" faction MPs Raffi Hovhannisian and Anahit Bakhshyan, as well as other members of the party were also waiting for the drivers in front of the government building, while their partners Stepan Safaryan, Armen Martirosyan and Zaruhi Postanjyan were still in Gyumri and Vanadzor with the drivers.
"The police are holding a "ring" operation in Gyumri and Vanadzor. The drivers aren't able to move forward because the police officers aren't allowing them," said Anahit Bakhshyan. According to her, in such cases the government indicates the outcome. "They are provoking the people, saying they won't leave until the people drive them out."
According to leader of "Heritage" Party Raffi Hovhannisian, if the government continues to take such steps, taking into account the situation in the world, there may be a social upheaval in Armenia as well. "If the government doesn't listen to the people, don't make reforms and don't take steps toward consensus, I think we will automatically resort to special solutions that will be painful for the country," Raffi Hovhannisian told "A1+" and noted that other solutions must be found this year in terms of time.
