Hello Yerevan bloc condemns obstruction of election campaign

“During the election campaign of Hello Yerevan bloc of parties in Kanaker-Zeytun district of Yerevan yesterday – on April 28, several attempts were made to disrupt the meeting with citizens: at first a transmission line was broken, then the power supply of the whole building was shut off,” says the statement of the headquarters of Hello Yerevan bloc of parties.

When the meeting organizers tried to connect to another source of power, a group of young people from the headquarters of Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) provoked a scuffle that ended only after the intervention of police.

“The headquarters of Hello Yerevan bloc of parties condemns such behavior of HHK members and demands that the police take the appropriate measures in order to find and punish those guilty and to ensure order and the security of participants of events to be organized by the bloc,’ the statement reads.