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THOUSANDS OF ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTORS RALLY IN ARMENIA
Agence France Presse -- English
May 3, 2007 Thursday 5:52 PM GMT
Several thousand opposition supporters rallied in central Yerevan
on Thursday ahead of parliamentary elections in this former Soviet
republic.
"Our aim is to get those in power out," Aram Sarksyan, a former prime
minister and head of the Republic party, told the crowd.
"We realise they'll do everything to keep their posts because they
know that they will go to court if they don't," Sarksyan said.
Police estimated the number of opposition supporters at the rally on
Freedom Square in the centre of Yerevan at around 5,000. Organisers
said 13,000 people attended.
The protest was organised by the New Times and Republic parties,
as well as the Impeachment bloc, a coalition of opposition groups.
Organisers said the next protest would be on May 10.
Armenia is set to hold parliamentary elections on May 12.
Agence France Presse -- English
May 3, 2007 Thursday 5:52 PM GMT
Several thousand opposition supporters rallied in central Yerevan
on Thursday ahead of parliamentary elections in this former Soviet
republic.
"Our aim is to get those in power out," Aram Sarksyan, a former prime
minister and head of the Republic party, told the crowd.
"We realise they'll do everything to keep their posts because they
know that they will go to court if they don't," Sarksyan said.
Police estimated the number of opposition supporters at the rally on
Freedom Square in the centre of Yerevan at around 5,000. Organisers
said 13,000 people attended.
The protest was organised by the New Times and Republic parties,
as well as the Impeachment bloc, a coalition of opposition groups.
Organisers said the next protest would be on May 10.
Armenia is set to hold parliamentary elections on May 12.