Police prevent people from attending Heritage rally
The headquarters of Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian has issued a statement saying that the leaflets posted on free advertisement stands to inform people of the public gathering to be held in Yerevan's Freedom Square on April 9 were torn apart shortly after posting.
The headquarters reminded that the gathering had been sanctioned by the Yerevan Municipality.
"The young activists of the Heritage party managed to video-record the number-plates of the car following them. They saw it stop near the police station of Yerevan's Arabkir administrative district minutes later and its two passengers, who had torn the leaflets, enter the building. They reported the Arabkir police on the incident.
The headquarters also received an emergency call that the police walk from door to door in different villages to prevent people from attending the gathering for the inauguration of a new Armenia.
The headquarters demands that the police find out if the individuals are really policemen and enforce urgent liability measures against them, if they proved to be involved in the incident.
The headquarters finds that it is the duty of the police to protect the letter of the law instead of carrying out political persecutions of the ruling party and its leader [Serzh Sargsyan].
