Rallies of Armenian opposition might be prolonged

The Armenian opposition does not rule out the possibility of prolonging the rally on Liberty Square in Yerevan, in case the government completely ignores all the demands of the opposition, the head of the  Armenian National Movement party, a member of the Armenian National Congress, Aram Manukyan has announced, News-Armenia reports.

The Opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) announced on Friday the start of a week of protests in Yerevan and opened a camp on the Liberty Square. The ANC demands early parliamentary and presidential elections to be held respectively in 2012 and 2013.

Manukyan said, that the number of participants of rallies is growing every day. "If during the first night there were about 800 people camped, they were already about 1200 on the next day. At the moment there are 1,500 to 1,700 people on the square at the moment, Manukyan said.