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MARCH 1 RALLY: ANC LEADER ANNOUNCES TWO-MONTH BREAK IN STREET PROTESTS
POLITICS | 01.03.15 | 19:29
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The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) will hold no
rallies for at least two months, the opposition party's leader
Levon Ter-Petrosyan told several thousand supporters who gathered in
Yerevan's Liberty Square on Sunday afternoon.
Ter-Petrosyan said the decision was based on the current reality in
which, according to him, the ANC again remains alone in the opposition
camp. He said that time is needed to assess the potential for further
struggle by means of rallies.
The ANC had planned to participate in a joint rally with Heritage
and the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) on February 20, but after the
PAP effectively pulled out of the opposition coalition following a
government crackdown earlier last month, the Ter-Petrosyan-led party
decided to schedule its rally for March 1, which marks the seventh
anniversary of the deadly 2008 post-election clashes.
In explaining his decision to declare a pause in rallies, Ter-Petrosyan
also said that the ANC did not want to obstruct in any way the
organization and holding of events commemorating the centennial of
the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The main events are due to
take place on April 24.
After the rally, ANC supporters marched towards the Myasnikyan Statue,
the scene of the most violent clashes between demonstrators and
security forces on March 1-2, 2008. They laid flowers at the monument
in memory of the 10 people who were killed in the unrest that night.
POLITICS | 01.03.15 | 19:29
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/61039/armenian_national_congress_rally_yerevan_liberty_s quare_march_1
The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) will hold no
rallies for at least two months, the opposition party's leader
Levon Ter-Petrosyan told several thousand supporters who gathered in
Yerevan's Liberty Square on Sunday afternoon.
Ter-Petrosyan said the decision was based on the current reality in
which, according to him, the ANC again remains alone in the opposition
camp. He said that time is needed to assess the potential for further
struggle by means of rallies.
The ANC had planned to participate in a joint rally with Heritage
and the Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP) on February 20, but after the
PAP effectively pulled out of the opposition coalition following a
government crackdown earlier last month, the Ter-Petrosyan-led party
decided to schedule its rally for March 1, which marks the seventh
anniversary of the deadly 2008 post-election clashes.
In explaining his decision to declare a pause in rallies, Ter-Petrosyan
also said that the ANC did not want to obstruct in any way the
organization and holding of events commemorating the centennial of
the Armenian Genocide in Ottoman Turkey. The main events are due to
take place on April 24.
After the rally, ANC supporters marched towards the Myasnikyan Statue,
the scene of the most violent clashes between demonstrators and
security forces on March 1-2, 2008. They laid flowers at the monument
in memory of the 10 people who were killed in the unrest that night.