3,000 candles in memory of March 1 victims
Leader of the People's Party Tigran Karapetyan undertook the initiative of lighting 3,000 candles near A. Myasnikyan's statue in memory of the the 10 victims of March 1 along with his partisans and supporters to try to, as he said, disperse the collective opinion to God through the light of candles.
"Armenians' blood was shed at this square and we compare that to the massacres in Sumgait. We must understand that if blood is shed, somebody will be held responsible for that sooner or later," Tigran Karapetyan told "A1+".
He underlined that the action is not political, but spiritual and viewed the HAK's rally as inacceptable. "A rally is a political action. Today should be a day of mourning, not a rally," said Karapetyan.
Although the leader of the People's Party wasn't preparing to join the HAK's rally, he didn't rule out his presence at the platform today. "They have allowed us to stay here until 18:00, but we will allow ourselves to violate that since I don't know whom they have given this platform to. I think they want to impede the HAK. We will stay here so that the HAK will come and use our microphone," said Karapetyan.
In addition to lighting candles and torches, Tigran Karapetyan also performed in front of the gathered and called on everyone to pray to God in memory of the victims of March 1.
