POLICEMEN PROVOKING AND APPEARING IN HOSPITAL
Support A1+!”Justice” Bloc held a meeting in Gyumri. Naturally, the meeting organizers had beforehand appealed to Municipality for permission.
Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan had informed the meeting organizers that Municipality couldn’t guarantee safety of meeting participants.
Meeting took place irrespective of everything. "Justice” Bloc leader Stepan Demirchyan, “Republic” Party Chair Albert Bazeyan, Arshak Sadoyan and other bloc members partook in it.
Some women in the square were holding posters with “Go away! Leave us alone, Stepan Demirchyan, Artashes Geghamyan!”.
Some police employees in civil clothes tried to provoke disorders. Provocation was prevented but a few policemen received bodily injuries and are now in hospital.
But the provokers didn’t stop. Eggs were thrown at the meeting organizers from the building roof. It’s a new method of self-protection by Authorities since no eggs had been thrown at Opposition leaders and no provocations had occurred before serious steps directed to power change were announced for.
4 people – Karen Margaryan /Albert Bazeyan’s driver/, Hamlet Mkrtchyan /non-Party man/, Tigran Ter-Margaryan /People’s Party of Armenia/ and Karen Mkrtchyan /Republic Party/ were arrested after the incidents.
Albert Bazeyan and Viktor Dallaqyan are now in Gyumri to make more accurate the legal bases and reasons for their arrest.
It is to state that a few days ago President Robert Kocharyan instructed all the policemen to wear uniforms to keep the public vigilant.
Suren Surenyantc, head of Information Service of “Republic” Party, is sure that Authorities are the masterminds of disorders. He said that Opposition is ready to resist those provocations. He informed that after clarifying the status of those arrested Bloc will appear with a political assessment.
