VIDEO: March in Support of Avan and Nor Nork Residents

During the Saturday march through the streets of Yerevan, a rally of thousands of opponents of Serzh Sargsyan’s appointment as the country’s Prime Minister visited the capital’s administrative districts of Avan and Nor Nork to support the drivers who were last night subjected to violence here. These Yerevan districts are infamous for their “hood authorities” who traditionally carry out the orders of wealthy members of the ruling Republican Party – mayor Taron Margaryan and president of the Armenian Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan. The two Republicans have informal power over these areas, and the marchers came here to show their solidarity with the local residents who’ve been living in the districts’ atmosphere of impunity for years.