Epress.am News from Armenia
The first person to give a speech at the Armenian National Congress (HAK) rally, which began just a little over an hour ago in front of the Matenadaran (Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts) in Yerevan, was leader of the Pan-Armenian National Movement Aram Manukyan.
Manukyan congratulated rally participants on the occasion of the country’s independence, as well as the 3rd year anniversary of the Movement.
He said that 3 years ago, Levon Ter-Petrosyan returned to politics and from that began the “active stage” of the Movement.
In Manukyan’s words, there’s no such institutional body in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) like the Armenian National Congress.
“With this rally, we begin a new stage, which will be practical in nature, with marches, protests and specific actions. With industrious processes, we will reach what we want: we are going to liberate Freedom (Liberty) Square,” he said.
He noted that HAK member parties are strong and are fighting using collective efforts.
“There isn’t even withdrawal. There’s willingness to succeed all the way,” he said.