ANC vows to increase pressure on authorities
Aram Manukyan, board chairman of the All-Armenian National Movement (HHSh), started his speech at Liberty Square with a joke.
"Whenever we want to reach an agreement on some issue, we say, "Inhabitant of the 4th tent in the 5th row come here!" he said at the beginning of his speech.
Manukyan thanked the police for not interfering with the rally.
"The demonstrators do not encounter any problems with policemen, rather they help the ralliers," he said.
According to the HHSh chairman, the authorities have thrown down a gauntlet as if wanting to show their power.
"Well, we can also act freely and increase pressure on them. Thanks God, more and more people join our ranks at the square, enabling us to double pressure on the regime."
Aram Manukyan says a number of organizations and opposition representatives have addressed a letter to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, depicting the situation in Armenia and showing their attitude towards the disgraceful draft resolution on the March 2008 tragic events.
"We declare openly and freely that we are going to increase pressure on the Armenian authorities, without violating RA laws and Constitution. Resist our pressure if you can. I declare that we shall win as our cause is just and fair," he concluded.
