An Armenian opposition alliance attracted fewer people on Wednesday on the second day of its sustained street protests in Yerevan described by its leaders as an anti-government democratic “revolution.”
Hundreds of protesters scuffled with riot police late on Tuesday as they marched through downtown Yerevan at the start of a nonstop demonstration organized by an Armenian opposition alliance seeking to topple President Serzh Sarkisian.
The Armenian authorities are not worried about the latest opposition campaign of street protests aimed at forcing President Serzh Sarkisian to step down, the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) insisted on Tuesday.
An Armenian opposition alliance will launch on Tuesday a campaign of nonstop demonstrations aimed at forcing President Serzh Sarkisian to resign even before Sunday’s referendum on his constitutional changes.
The ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) emphasized at the weekend modest attendance at opposition rallies against President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes, saying that their organizers have failed to drum up popular support for their cause.
A radical opposition alliance reaffirmed on Tuesday its plans to use Armenia’s upcoming referendum for trying to topple President Serzh Sarkisian with sustained street protests that will begin in Yerevan on December 1.
Sparking opposition allegations of foul play, President Serzh Sarkisian has enlisted senior members of his administration and the governors of Armenia’s all ten provinces to actively campaign for a Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on his controversial constitutional changes.
The Armenian National Congress (HAK) pledged on Tuesday to closely cooperate with other opposition forces in trying to prevent a possible falsification of the upcoming referendum on President Serzh Sarkisian’s constitutional changes.
Two Armenian opposition parties and one civic group jointly campaigning against controversial constitutional amendments ahead of a December referendum claim they are in unequal conditions with the pro-reform forces at the start of the campaign.
A senior member of the ruling Republican Party has described as a “provocation” the calls for disobedience that were made during the Wednesday gathering of several opposition groups that announced their plans for street protests ahead of an upcoming constitutional referendum.
A new anti-government campaign pushing for regime change ahead of the planned constitutional referendum has set December 1 as the day of launching national “mobilization” to oust the current administration with sustained street protests.
Armenian opposition parties and groups campaigning against the proposed constitutional amendments ahead of a referendum insist the refusal of Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamian to take a leave while managing the ruling party’s “Yes” campaign adds to the illegitimacy of the process.
Armenia’s leading opposition party has slammed the involvement of a supreme court official in the planned referendum on constitutional amendments, claiming that it makes the process “illegitimate” from the very beginning.
From herding sheep while wearing traditional clothing to experiencing modern life in the bustling Armenian capital, Yerevan, well-known U.S. television host and comedian Conan O’Brien says he’s dived into Armenian culture headfirst while on a trip inspired by his ethnic Armenian assistant.
The opposition Armenian National Congress (HAK), which has not joined a newly established anti-government “front”, says it does not mean that the “No” campaign ahead of the controversial constitutional referendum has collapsed.
Opposition Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian and bitter government critic Jirair Sefilian have announced their joint push for regime change ahead of a December referendum on controversial constitutional changes initiated by the current administration.
The head of an influential body monitoring legal reform in Council of Europe member states reaffirmed on Friday its largely positive assessment of controversial changes in Armenia’s constitution planned by President Serzh Sarkisian.
Like many other senior state officials and their family members, the heads of Armenia’s main law-enforcement agencies and their wives claim to have received tens of thousands of dollars in aid from sources not disclosed by them.
Zaruhi Postanjian, an outspoken opposition parliamentarian, hit back at Armenia’s post powerful security agency on Wednesday after it accused her of calling for a violent overthrow of the government, a criminal offense under Armenian law.
A coalition of Armenian non-governmental organizations promoting European integration on Tuesday urged President Serzh Sarkisian delay his controversial constitutional changes until after holding elections widely seen as free and fair.
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