ArmInfo. The motor rally of the protest movement "Tavush in the name of the Motherland" has started in Gyumri.
The rally was announced the day before by the leader of the movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. It is planned that the rally participants will take part in a cultural event on Theater Square in Gyumri, then at 18:00 a rally will take place on Theater Square.
"The mood is good, we are heading to Gyumri. Let's go, congratulate the children, and then move on to our business," the leader of the movement, Bagra Srbazan, told reporters, emphasizing that he is from Gyumri.
Protests in Armenia began after it became known about the agreement reached on April 19 between Yerevan and Baku to begin delimiting the border with Tavush. On May 9, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who led the procession from Tavush to Yerevan, saying that Prime Minister Pashinyan had failed to govern the state along all lines, called on the Prime Minister to resign. On May 26, Galstanyan was announced as a candidate for prime minister of the Republic of Armenia. From 8:00 on May 27, peaceful actions of disobedience began, which, according to the leaders of the movement, should force the authorities to take into account the will of the people and leave.
On May 31, the movement held a rally near the building of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, demanding a meeting with the minister to comment on recent statements by the leaders of Turkey and Azerbaijan. The ministry refused to meet with the protesters, and they demanded to be allowed into the building. There was a collision. According to the Investigative Committee of Armenia, the protesters threw stones, containers of water and other objects at the police. 28 protesters were detained. 15 detainees are currently in a pre-trial detention center in Yerevan, the rest are in the regions. Among those detained are member of the initiative council, participant in the 44-day war David Aristakesyan, ex-Deputy Minister of Agriculture Ashot Harutyunyan, deacon Daniel Gevorkyan and doctor Nikolai Grigoryan.
