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 “We don’t need provocations. There is no division. We have been struggling for 7 days and will continue our struggle,” a rally participant said on Bagramian Avenue in downtown Yerevan.

In his words, those who left the avenue and moved to Liberty Square are free to continue their struggle there, but they will stay in the place where their path of struggle began – on Bagramian Avenue.

“There is no problem with the leader. We are all understanding, conscious people and have gathered to solve one problem – we demand a complete suspension of the decision on the electricity price hike. We don’t need domestic clashes. Our action is peaceful. We are acting within legal boundaries,’ the demonstrator said.

As was reported, yesterday, on June 28 demonstrators against the power tariff hike divided into two groups after blocking Bagramian Avenue in central Yerevan for over a week. The presidential residence, the Armenian parliament, Constitutional Court and several embassies are located on that avenue. Following the statement made by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan on June 27, the organizers of the rally attended by thousands – members of ‘No to Robbery’ civic initiative called on protesters to leave the avenue and return to Liberty Square nearby. Yet some of the demonstrators refused to leave. Police warned several times that they plan to open the street so that normal traffic could resume.