Past.am: Around 33,000 people took part in Sunday’s rally at Yerevan square
Armenia’s second President Robert Kocharyan, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) and Reviving Armenia parties, that formed a new electoral alliance called Armenia, held a rally at the Liberty Square in Yerevan on Sunday.
Past.am reports that the government circles rushed to provide some numbers of the participants of the rally, which were so fake that became a subject of ridicule on social media.”
According to Past.am, the estimates of truly independent specialists, the police and the National Security Service (NSS) are far from the data provided by those circles. Citing its law enforcement sources, police and NSS estimates, the news outlet said nearly 33,000 people took part in Sunday’s rally.
Thousands Rally For Kocharian In Yerevan
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Former President Robert Kocharian pledged to restore “dignified peace” and security in Armenia on Sunday as he rallied thousands of supporters in Yerevan after setting up an electoral alliance with two opposition parties.
Kocharian again blamed Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian for Armenia’s defeat in last year’s war in Nagorno-Karabakh and said Armenians will become a “nation of losers” if the latter holds on to power as a result of fresh parliamentary elections slated for next month.
Kocharian, the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the newly established Resurgent Armenia party formally created the alliance called Armenia with a joint declaration signed in the presence of journalists. They effectively kicked off their election campaign at an ensuing rally held in Yerevan’s Liberty Square.
ARFD organizes visit to Yerablur military pantheon
Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARFD - Dashnaksutyun) organizes a visit to Yerablur military pantheon on May 9 to pay tribute to the memory of the heroes who sacrificed their lives during the Artsakh war and liberation of Shushi, the Facebook page of the ARFD reported.
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Robert Kocharyan to address the public during the May 9 rally at Liberty square
Armenia s ex-president Robert Kocharyan will attend the rally scheduled on May 9 at Liberty square in Yerevan. See you tomorrow, Kocharyan wrote Saturday to his followers on his Facebook page.
The rally will start at 16.00 Yerevan time and is the first public event organised by the newly-formed political alliance between the Reviving Armenia party and the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun). As announced earlier, ex-President Kocharyan is set to lead the bloc for the upcoming snap parliamentary elections.
It is noted that Kocharyan will address the public during the rally. Before the rally, an even marking the launch of the political cooperation between the two political parties and the former president will take place.
Ishkhan Saghatelyan: New bloc committed to stopping collapse of Armenian statehood
Ishkhan Saghatelyan, one of the leaders of the opposition Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF, Dashnaktsutyun) party, said that the party will run in the upcoming snap parliamentary elections in alliance with Armenia’s former President Robert Kocharyan and the Reviving Armenia party.
In a Facebook post on Thursday, Saghatelyan said the new electoral bloc is committed to stopping the collapse of the Armenian statehood. The alliance is ready to take full responsibility, form a new quality government, handle the serious challenges facing the country, stop the collapse of the statehood and build a guaranteed future for Armenia through national unity and joint efforts, he wrote.