When of thousands of Armenians crowded into the centre of Yerevan on March 1 for a rally commemorating last year’s bloodshed, they may well have expected to hear fighting talk. If so, they were in for a disappointment.
Instead, at a meeting held to commemorate the ten people killed last year in a police charge, the leader of the Armenian National Congress, ANC, signalled a change of stance.
Levon Ter-Petrosian urged his assembled supporters to abandon all thought of bringing about political change through street protests and concentrate on a long struggle waged through exclusively constitutional methods.
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Khachatrian said the date of the next opposition rally, May Day, had not been set by accident, as the economic situation was widely expected to have become graver by then.
Other observers link the May date to the forthcoming May elections for a new mayor of Yerevan.
As around a third of the country’s population lives in the capital, the party whose candidate wins this key contest stands to benefit greatly in national influence.
Moreover, the ANC and Heritage have said they may team up for the election and propose a joint candidate.

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