21:15
According to the activists Tevos Hovhannisyan the action “is not simply coming out into the streets”. The people have come out to present their rightful claims. The RF shall not get rich at our expense,” he said.
Another activist Arman Kirakosyan said that the joint struggle would bring to the final result. “We have come out to demand the Parliament to withdraw its bill on the raise of the price. Or at least leave the price the same as it was. I believe if we are unified we shall achieve our objective for sure,” he emphasized.
“We have come to show that the government should not decide what we must do, and will come to the point that they will do what we strive,” activists Artak Muradkhanyan said to Iravaban.net.
20:58
Police urge citizens to stop the march, they describe it as illegal. Citizens do not agree, they march through Mashtots Avenue. The police are constantly trying to make the march walk on the pavements, but the citizens do not obey.
“Members of “High Voltage” Initiative are in the Republic Square. They first approached the Government Building and then entered the square. The protest participants called to start a sit-in strike. The police made some of them leave the center of the square, but they failed. The participants showed fingers to the police. The traffic in the square was stopped and the police could not do anything.
20:44
The protestors stopped the sit-in strike and moved through Amiryan Street.
