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STUDENTS CONDUCTING MARCH IN YEREVAN IN PROTEST AGAINST FALSIFIED ELECTION RESULTS
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 9 2013
Students are conducting a march in protest against the falsification
of election results, Armenia Today wrote.
As usual, the protest action started in front of the main building of
Yerevan State University. Police officers did not allow young people
to enter the territory.
"Look, a police officer is pushing a student, but it's my university.
I am student of the biological faculty and you have no right to forbid
me to enter my university," one of the protesters said, demonstrating
his student ID.
However, the police continued to keep the students from the territory
of the university for a long time.
The students called on their professors and the university
administration to come out to the protesters.
After that, a few university lecturers came out and invited one of
the protesters inside. The protest continued; the participants called
on students to come out and join them today at the Freedom Square,
where the alternative inauguration leader of "Greetings revolution"
opposition movement Raffi Hovannisian will take place.
The Deputy Chief of Yerevan Police Valeriy Osipyan also intervened,
saying that the protesters are violating the rights of other students,
preventing them from studying.
In turn, the protesters said that they are exercising their
constitutional rights. One of the protesters called for others not
to succumb to provocations.
"The police, instead of protecting us, are threatening us. We have
come here today to say once again that we realize our rights and
understand that today's false oaths will not give positive results in
this country. I am greeting the youth performing their citizen duty
today. Rejection of the unwritten laws of the current system is not an
illegal and immoral step, as you say, Mr. Osipyan. We are here today
to remind that we will not tolerate a false president. We are not
afraid of you. Today we are going to participate in the inauguration
of the newly elected president Raffi Hovannisian. Today is a holiday
for us, because we realized that we are a power," a participant of
the action noted.
The participants of the march continued their route, accompanied by
drumming and chanting "Long live the youth, long live justice! Long
live the newly elected president Raffi Hovannisian. We are the owners
of our country".
The presidential elections were held in Armenia on February 18.
According to the official results, the incumbent President Serzh
Sargsyan won the presidential elections with 58.64 percent of the
votes. The leader of the "Heritage" party Raffi Hovannisian who ranked
second with 36.74 percent didn't recognize the results and declared
"the Revolution of Smiles and Greetings".
Trend, Azerbaijan
April 9 2013
Students are conducting a march in protest against the falsification
of election results, Armenia Today wrote.
As usual, the protest action started in front of the main building of
Yerevan State University. Police officers did not allow young people
to enter the territory.
"Look, a police officer is pushing a student, but it's my university.
I am student of the biological faculty and you have no right to forbid
me to enter my university," one of the protesters said, demonstrating
his student ID.
However, the police continued to keep the students from the territory
of the university for a long time.
The students called on their professors and the university
administration to come out to the protesters.
After that, a few university lecturers came out and invited one of
the protesters inside. The protest continued; the participants called
on students to come out and join them today at the Freedom Square,
where the alternative inauguration leader of "Greetings revolution"
opposition movement Raffi Hovannisian will take place.
The Deputy Chief of Yerevan Police Valeriy Osipyan also intervened,
saying that the protesters are violating the rights of other students,
preventing them from studying.
In turn, the protesters said that they are exercising their
constitutional rights. One of the protesters called for others not
to succumb to provocations.
"The police, instead of protecting us, are threatening us. We have
come here today to say once again that we realize our rights and
understand that today's false oaths will not give positive results in
this country. I am greeting the youth performing their citizen duty
today. Rejection of the unwritten laws of the current system is not an
illegal and immoral step, as you say, Mr. Osipyan. We are here today
to remind that we will not tolerate a false president. We are not
afraid of you. Today we are going to participate in the inauguration
of the newly elected president Raffi Hovannisian. Today is a holiday
for us, because we realized that we are a power," a participant of
the action noted.
The participants of the march continued their route, accompanied by
drumming and chanting "Long live the youth, long live justice! Long
live the newly elected president Raffi Hovannisian. We are the owners
of our country".
The presidential elections were held in Armenia on February 18.
According to the official results, the incumbent President Serzh
Sargsyan won the presidential elections with 58.64 percent of the
votes. The leader of the "Heritage" party Raffi Hovannisian who ranked
second with 36.74 percent didn't recognize the results and declared
"the Revolution of Smiles and Greetings".