Armenian opposition urges coalition parties “to stop being slaves”

Armenian opposition urges coalition parties “to stop being slaves”

Arminfo
12 Apr 04

YEREVAN

Participants in a rally in Yerevan today began their march down
Bagramyan Avenue towards the presidential palace. They are being led
by opposition MPs.

Speaking at the rally the leader of the opposition National Unity
Party and deputy of the National Assembly, Artashes Gegamyan, called
on the members of the coalition government – the Republican Party of
Armenia (RPA), the Armenian Revolutionary Federation – Dashnaktsutyun
and Orinats Yerkir [Law-Governed Country Party] – “to stop being
slaves and to join the people”.

In his concluding remarks the leader of the Justice party, Stepan
Demirchyan, said that the authorities missed an opportunity of
civilized departure through a vote of no confidence and the last word
will now belong to the people.

[Passage omitted: barbed wire blocks the way]