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Armenia: nearly 16,000 demonstrators in the capital against President
Nearly 16,000 people gathered Friday in Yerevan, capital of Armenia,
to protest against President Serzh Sarkisian and to demand early
presidential and parliamentary elections.
"A powerful movement for a change of government is being born," he
told the crowd Levon Ter-Petrossian, Armenian former President and
leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress party.
"Our country needs a new government with new policies," for its part,
said the head of prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukian.
The demonstration was led by the three main opposition parties in the
country: Prosperous Armenia, the Armenian National Congress and
Heritage.It aimed to protest against the government's economic policy
and its failure in the fight against corruption.
Mr. Tsarukian pledged to organize a national campaign to mobilize
other protesters.
Last Friday, the first event had already attracted nearly 10,000
people "against corruption and poverty" in this former Soviet republic
in the Caucasus.
The protests came as Armenia has recently joined the Eurasian Economic
Union, which already Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
The Union, a project dear to Russian President Vladimir Putin to come
into force on 1 January 2015 and aims to promote closer integration of
these countries.
The decision of Armenia to move closer to Russia in November 2013
sparked a heated debate and protests in this former Soviet republic.
AFP
Saturday, October 25, 2014,
Stéphane © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=104642
Armenia: nearly 16,000 demonstrators in the capital against President
Nearly 16,000 people gathered Friday in Yerevan, capital of Armenia,
to protest against President Serzh Sarkisian and to demand early
presidential and parliamentary elections.
"A powerful movement for a change of government is being born," he
told the crowd Levon Ter-Petrossian, Armenian former President and
leader of the opposition Armenian National Congress party.
"Our country needs a new government with new policies," for its part,
said the head of prosperous Armenia party Gagik Tsarukian.
The demonstration was led by the three main opposition parties in the
country: Prosperous Armenia, the Armenian National Congress and
Heritage.It aimed to protest against the government's economic policy
and its failure in the fight against corruption.
Mr. Tsarukian pledged to organize a national campaign to mobilize
other protesters.
Last Friday, the first event had already attracted nearly 10,000
people "against corruption and poverty" in this former Soviet republic
in the Caucasus.
The protests came as Armenia has recently joined the Eurasian Economic
Union, which already Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
The Union, a project dear to Russian President Vladimir Putin to come
into force on 1 January 2015 and aims to promote closer integration of
these countries.
The decision of Armenia to move closer to Russia in November 2013
sparked a heated debate and protests in this former Soviet republic.
AFP
Saturday, October 25, 2014,
Stéphane © armenews.com
http://www.armenews.com/article.php3?id_article=104642