“Hraparak” daily writes:

The concluding rally of the “Strong Armenia” party led by Samvel Karapetyan caused a great agitation in the CP. Although according to the calculations of close-to-government circles, there were about 20,000 people in Republic Square, however, according to some information, the National Security Service reported more than 40,000 to Nikol Pashinyan.

The authorities understood that, despite the atmosphere of fear they created for months and the facts of firing those participating in the opposition rallies, it was not possible to break the will of the people. And if so many people participate in the rally of one opposition force after all this, then one can imagine what the result of the street struggle organized by the united opposition could be.

This is the reason for the anxious reaction of the authorities and their fakes and the fact that in the middle of the night Pashinyan ordered the security forces to conduct searches in the houses of the opposition without the lights on.

Yesterday, in the morning, it became known that more than 50 oppositionists were searched. More than 20 people were arrested. Some consider this a sign of agony, 2 days before the vote.

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