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ARMENIAN PROTESTERS SEEKING NEW ELECTIONS
Windsor Star
Ontario
July 5, 2008 Saturday
YEREVAN - Thousands of opposition supporters marched through the
Armenian capital on Friday and vowed to hold a month-long series of
protests to demand the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan and
new elections.
The opposition accuses the authorities of ballot-stuffing and
intimidation in the Feb. 19 election which official results show was
won by Serzh Sarksyan, an ally of outgoing president Robert Kocharyan.
His main challenger, former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, was placed
under house arrest after the vote and violent clashes followed on
March 1 in which nine people died.
The numbers of protesters was estimated at up to 5,000.
Windsor Star
Ontario
July 5, 2008 Saturday
YEREVAN - Thousands of opposition supporters marched through the
Armenian capital on Friday and vowed to hold a month-long series of
protests to demand the resignation of President Serzh Sarksyan and
new elections.
The opposition accuses the authorities of ballot-stuffing and
intimidation in the Feb. 19 election which official results show was
won by Serzh Sarksyan, an ally of outgoing president Robert Kocharyan.
His main challenger, former president Levon Ter-Petrosyan, was placed
under house arrest after the vote and violent clashes followed on
March 1 in which nine people died.
The numbers of protesters was estimated at up to 5,000.