ANC demonstrators singing First Republic's songs

PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian National Congress supported gathered for a rally in Yerevan today.



ANC coordinators Levon Zurabyan, David Shahnazaryan, People's Party leader Stepan Demirchyan addressed the demonstrators. An audio address by Haykakan Zhamanak editor Nikol Pashinyan was also presented.



In his speech, ANC leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan labeled the authorities' policy on Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Turkish relations as failure.



"Turkey wants Karabakh and will get it. President Serzh Sargsyan sold Karabakh on May 8 in Prague," he said.



Serzh Sargsyan can save the situation only if he consolidates the nation, releases political prisoners and starts dialogue with the opposition, according to Ter-Petrosyan.



After the rally, the oppositionists marched down Mashtots avenue, singing the songs of the First Republic, when Dashnaktsutyun was in power.