Opposition holds meeting near MatenadaranJune 1, 2009 - 21:19 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Today, about 07:00 p.m., Armenian National Congress (ANC) started a meeting in Yerevan, with the participation of around 5 thousand people. In his speech delivered near Matenadaran institute of ancient manuscripts, ANC coordinator Levon Zourabyan announced that Yerevan would today be full of flags had the victory been real. "Armenian authorities have managed to create a totalitarian system of vote count. The possess accurate data on the persons selling their votes and the prices offered. The entire state-government system has one objective - to falsify elections," he said.Zourabyan also said their party had been warned against interfering in elections. But ANC finds elections to be the only way for making people's voice heard by political forces. "A leading political force should always conduct its battle while being close to people. We have considerable achievements; we were able make an advance steps towards elaborating election mechanisms, and we'll need that in future" Zourabyan added. Opposition activist believes authorities have this time managed to impose their rules on ANC. Anyway, he expressed confidence of winning the final battle. Top stories President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. Partner news | Russia accuses West of preparing invasion of CSTO countries NATO is preparing an invasion of the CSTO countries, the number of provocations in the air is growing, Sergei Shoigu has said. Armenia: Rescue workers restore pedestrian bridge for flood-hit community Rescue workers on Wednesday, June 5 restored a pedestrian bridge in the town of Alaverdi in Armenia’s north. U.S. “deeply troubled” by Azerbaijan's arrest of civil society members The United States is deeply troubled by the continued arrest of members of Azerbaijani civil society, Matthew Miller has said. Turkey condemns Uruguay’s recognition of Armenian Genocide Turkey has condemned a newly passed law in Uruguay that recognizes the Armenian Genocide, TRT reports. |