Poverty and Bribery
In the Armenian capital Eriwan, about 16.000 opponents of President Serzh Sargsyan took to the streets. They accused the government of not doing enough to stop poverty and bribery, and demanded early general elections and Presidential elections.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan
Second Friday Demo of the opposition
The opposition politician and former president Lewon Ter-Petrosjan of the Armenian National Congress party told the crowd at Freedom Square, currently is a “powerful movement for change of government” in the making. The Chairman of the Prosperous Armenia party, the millionaire and former wrestling world champion Gagik Zarukjan, called for “a new government with a new policy.”
Lewon Ter-Petrosjan
The demonstration was also called by the third major opposition party called Heritage. On Friday last week, a similar protest by more than 10,000 people took place..