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Thousands of Armenian opposition supporters taking to the streets on Monday demanded the government to resign, on a day that marks the second anniversary of deadly clashes that followed the country’s controversial presidential election won by Serzh Sarkisian.
The backers of the former Armenian president Levon Ter-Petrosian chanted slogans saying "Resignation" and "Struggle till the end".
The protesters issued a statement leveling a slew of demands, including establishment of an independent commission comprising international experts to investigate the March 1, 2008 post-election violence in the capital Yerevan and canceling the ensuing restrictions on holding rallies.
The opposition representatives call for amending Armenia’s election laws by the end of May and for holding snap polls by September to elect a new president and parliament.
The authorities have sought to prevent protests from becoming widespread. Bus traffic from the country’s provinces to Yerevan was reportedly blocked from the morning hours on Monday on orders from officials, but this did not prevent tens of thousands of people from joining the protests.
Ten people were killed and over a hundred others injured in clashes between Ter-Petrosian’s supporters and the police during public protests that followed Armenia’s February 2008 presidential election, which the oppostion said was rigged.*