Civil initiative intends to hold march in Yerevan
A civil initiative calling itself “We are the masters of our country” is holding a march in Yerevan at 6p.m. on May 13. In a statement released on Friday, the initiative said the march will be held in several directions at a time. The group demands that the government allocate at least $30 000 to the families of the soldiers killed in the April skirmishes in Karabakh and at least $5000 to the families of the soldiers wounded in action. It also demands 1. to dismiss Edward Nalbandian, Foreign Minister of the Republic Armenia, and Yuri Khachaturov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Armenia, and Haykaz Baghmanyan, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the RA Armed Forces, for their inaction and inability to control the situation on the border which resulted in human losses during Azerbaijan's large-scale offensive against Karabakh, 2. to oblige Chief Compulsory Enforcement Officer of Armenia (Mihran Poghosyan) to transfer to the state budget the entire income he receives from his offshore companies registered in Panama, 3. to oblige about 100 oligarchs to pay to the state budget at least $10 million 4. to refrain from signing any document related to the settlement of the Karabakh conflict and maintain the status quo, exclude territorial concessions and deployment of peacekeepers in Artsakh and/or neighbouring territories.
