YEREVAN. – Friday’s rally of the movement led by Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM Raffi Hovannisian—who was declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote—and which was held at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square, ended with a march.

At the end of the rally, Hovannisian called upon those present to march through the streets of downtown Yerevan; but Yerevan Municipality was not notified of this in advance. In this respect, the ex-presidential candidate announced that the march will be held on the sidewalks.

Following the march, its participants returned to Liberty Square. At the end of the march, everyone was called to gather once again at the square on April 9—that is, the day when Serzh Sargsyan is scheduled to formally swear in for a second term in office, and also when Raffi Hovannisian likewise plans to swear in, at Liberty Square, as Armenia’s new president.