YEREVAN. - The past years proved the inability of ruling leadership to hold reforms in Armenia. The authorities have been and remain the safeguard of oligarchic system, said opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) member Stepan Demirchyan speaking on opposition rally in Yerevan.

''In one of his recent speeches President Sargsyan claimed that we shall have 100 times stronger Armenia in 20 years. We can and we must make Armenia a strong and prosperous country but first we need to annihilate the oligarchic system, change our leadership and improve current policies. Armenian citizens must elect their Government through fair, legitimate elections, but should we continue like this, in 20 years we will have even richer oligarchs in a poorer country,'' said Demirchyan.