The police have issued a statement to Nikol Pashinyan.

“As a result of the violent actions of participants of the assembly under our direction at Baghramyan Avenue, the public order has been grossly violated.

All warnings of the police and other restrictive actions are no longer effective, so being guided by Article 33 of the RA Law on Freedom of Assembly, the Police demand to stop the assembly.

In the event of your absence from the place of the assembly or failure to comply with police request after the expiry of the reasonable time provided, the Police will break up the assembly by applying force and special means.”

Article 33. Terminating the Assembly

1. The Police may terminate an assembly only if there is no other possibility of preventing disproportionate restrictions of the constitutional rights of other persons or of the public interest.

2. The Police shall address the demand to terminate the assembly to the assembly leader, who shall be obliged to inform the assembly participants thereof immediately.

3. In the absence of the assembly leader or the failure of the latter to fulfill the demand of the Police, the representative of the Police shall at least twice demand by loudspeaker that the participants terminate the assembly, setting a reasonable time period for doing so. At the same time, the Police representative shall warn the assembly participants of his power, in case of failure to terminate the assembly voluntarily during the set time period, to disperse the assembly, including the use of special means defined in the Republic of Armenia Law “On Police”.

4. The procedure of assembly termination stipulated by Paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall not apply to the cases, in which mass disorder has started at the assembly venue, which necessitates the implementation of urgent measures to address the situation.