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Yerevan protests continue calling for boycotting classes
March 04, 2013 | 11:28
YEREVAN. - The protests, which started on February 25 in Armenia's
capital city Yerevan and with a call for boycotting university
classes, are continuing on Monday.
A group of youth has gathered in front of the main building of Yerevan
State University (YSU) and is demanding the dismissal of Gevorg
Melkonyan, the Assistant to YSU Rector.
On the same day, the youth will stage a demonstration also before the
Constitutional Court where, at 5:30pm, the representatives of
opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian - who is declared
runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a
result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18,
but who claims to be the real winner in the vote - will submit a
petition to the Court.
To note, a group of youth is holding pickets, in front of Yerevan
universities ever since February 25, and is voicing its protest of the
results of the presidential vote. Also, these youth are calling upon
the university students to boycott their classes as a sign of protest.
An incident occurred during the demonstration that was held on
February 27 at the YSU main building. In response to the
demonstrators' cry, `We love you!' YSU Rector Assistant Gevorg
Melkonyan had stated: `We love you, too, but only the girls.' Also, he
had exclaimed: `Bring the troops, the boys forward!'
The YSU administration, on the other hand, neither punished nor
reprimanded Melkonyan, and this had caused anger among the protesting
youth.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142858.html#sthash.0ocpHLIA.dpuf
March 04, 2013 | 11:28
YEREVAN. - The protests, which started on February 25 in Armenia's
capital city Yerevan and with a call for boycotting university
classes, are continuing on Monday.
A group of youth has gathered in front of the main building of Yerevan
State University (YSU) and is demanding the dismissal of Gevorg
Melkonyan, the Assistant to YSU Rector.
On the same day, the youth will stage a demonstration also before the
Constitutional Court where, at 5:30pm, the representatives of
opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian - who is declared
runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a
result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18,
but who claims to be the real winner in the vote - will submit a
petition to the Court.
To note, a group of youth is holding pickets, in front of Yerevan
universities ever since February 25, and is voicing its protest of the
results of the presidential vote. Also, these youth are calling upon
the university students to boycott their classes as a sign of protest.
An incident occurred during the demonstration that was held on
February 27 at the YSU main building. In response to the
demonstrators' cry, `We love you!' YSU Rector Assistant Gevorg
Melkonyan had stated: `We love you, too, but only the girls.' Also, he
had exclaimed: `Bring the troops, the boys forward!'
The YSU administration, on the other hand, neither punished nor
reprimanded Melkonyan, and this had caused anger among the protesting
youth.
- See more at: http://news.am/eng/news/142858.html#sthash.0ocpHLIA.dpuf