An unprecedented number of police troops have been concentrated at Republic Square in Yerevan. Armenian News-NEWS.am’s correspondent reports that the police have paved the way for Nikol Pashinyan to pass. The streets adjacent to Republic Square are closed.

Since yesterday, the presses, Telegram channels and social networks have been spreading information according to the which the authorities have been actively using administrative resources to make sure there are masses at Nikol Pashinyan’s rally. According to information, regional authorities were assigned to ensure maximum participation of the regions’ populations through village heads and school principals. During conversations with media outlets, citizens from provinces admitted that they had been brought in buses.

Nikol Pashinyan has organized a rally at Republic Square on the occasion of the events that took place on March 1, 2008, and the rally will be followed by a march. Pashinyan also didn’t hide the fact that this is, in essence, a rally to show the people’s support to the authorities.