Armenian opposition leader may burn his bridges

Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the opposition Prosperous Armenia Party, has come to an agreement with the leader of the Armenian National Congress, Levon Ter-Petrosyan, to put forward harsh demands to the government on October 10 if over 30,000 people gather for protests, according to Tigran Urikhanyan, a spokesman for Prosperous Armenia, Zhokhovurd reports.

Naira Zograbyan, the secretary of the Prosperous Armenia faction in the parliament, said at a protest meeting in Vanadzor yesterday that the government must change.