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    RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN TO HOLD RALLY DESPITE MUNICIPALITY'S REFUSAL

    TERT.AM
    11:45 ~U 22.02.13

    Yerevan Municipality has refused to authorize the February 23, 24 and
    25 rallies of the Heritage party leader Raffi Hovhannisian slated for
    3-7 pm in the Freedom Square, deputy leader of party Armen Martirosyan
    told Tert.am.

    Citing Constitution and a number of international conventions, Armen
    Martirosyan said these rallies will be conducted.

    "The Constitution gives us positive right to conduct peaceful rallies,
    besides we have joined a number of conventions including the Human
    Rights Protection Declaration which mentions the above mentioned right
    as well as the corresponding resolution of PACE, and we find that the
    peaceful demonstrations should not be impeded," Armen Martirosyan said.

    The municipality representative returned Martirosyan's applications,
    citing Article 12 of Armenian law on Freedom of Rallies which says
    that it is necessary to aware about conduction of rallies not later
    than 7 days before it and not earlier than 30 days.

    "Naturally, we know about it, but as far as the law lays the
    authorities on municipality in organizational respect and in this
    short-term period rallies are not being regulated, we have applied
    them as relevant body," he said.

    Martirosyan said in conditions of incompleteness of the law, they
    allow themselves to get use of their Constitutional right.

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