Sit-Down Protest in Liberty Square

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1. Onnik 02.21.08 / 5pm

   E-Channel has more and says Liberty Square is full. However, it also says that many of those in attendance are unhappy with Bisharyan’s statement about Baghdasarian’s vote increasing.

   The square is full. Haykakan Zhamanak daily editor Nikol Pashinyan has opened the meeting, mentioning that their actions will go on day and night and there will be more clear explanations of how people can participate in these actions.

   Nikol Pashinyan has also told that the opposition has been working in two directions – legal and moral. “The struggle will be peaceful until the legal methods get exhausted,” he has said.

   Country of Legality party (CofL) presidential candidate Arthur Baghdasaryan’s headquarters’ head, CofL deputy chair Heghine Bisharyan, has made a speech at the gathering. She has read the complete statement distributed by CofL the day before, about the expectations to annul the elections at 100 polling stations and conduct re-calculations at 200 polling stations.

   The participants of the meeting have expressed discontent with Heghine Bisharyan’s statement where she has said, “I think, as a result of re-calculations, our candidate’s votes will significantly increase.”

   CofL deputy chairman has responded to the discontent, “People, we are waiting for the results of re-calculations. After that, we are going to make the relevant statements.” She has also notified that, as a result of the already-implemented re-calculations, “our candidates’ votes have apparently increased.”

   The meeting continues.

   http://www.echannel.am/?topic_id=1440&lang=en
2. Onnik 02.21.08 / 7pm

   Reuters puts the number at 15-20,000:

   Armenia opposition protests again over vote

   By Margarita Antidze and Hasmik Mkrtchyan

   YEREVAN (Reuters) - Thousands of opposition supporters gathered in Armenia’s capital for a second day on Thursday and said they would not leave until the victory of Prime Minister Serzh Sarksyan in a presidential election is overturned.

   […]

   Reuters reporters at the protest on Freedom Square, outside Yerevan’s opera house, said between 15,000 and 20,000 demonstrators had gathered on Thursday — roughly the same number that protested the day before.

   “Our protest will be permanent,” said Nikol Pashinyan, a senior aide to Ter-Petrosyan. “We demand that the Central Election Commission declare the election invalid and call a new election,” he said.

   Authorities have not given permission for the protest but police kept a low-key presence and did not try to intervene.
3. Armenian Opposition Announces Timeless Sitting Protests « The Armenian Observer Blog 02.21.08 / 9pm

   […] has been rigged. Interestingly, presidential candidate Artur Baghdasaryan’s campaign manager Heghine Bisharyan also spoke (despite recent mutual offenses exchanged between Levon Ter-Petrossian and Artur Baghdasaryan). In […]

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