Hraparak daily of Armenia writes as follows, in particular: The ruling force’s closing rally [ahead of the parliamentary elections on June 7] will take place on June 5. (...) the CC [i.e. the ruling Civil Contract party] has been brought to combat readiness for several days now.

All provincial governors have been instructed to fill, as one person, the buses with the staff of the institutions operating under their jurisdiction and bring [them] to [the capital] Yerevan, if needed, to threaten those who oppose with job loss, and the same will be done in the capital, as well as heads of provincial, community headquarters, in representative formations, should stand in equal-alert numbers at [Yerevan’s] Republic Square, where the rally is scheduled.

It was said that it is necessary to repeat the 2018 square—to get pictures crowded with people and to psychologically crush both the opposition and their supporters two days before the elections.