Around 15,000 people join Artsakh ballot initiative in one week
Nearly 15,000 people have joined Hayakve’s petition campaign in support of Artsakh, its coordinator Avetik Chalabyan told reporters on Saturday.
The Hayakve ballot initiative started last week collecting signatures in support of its demands to make Artsakh’s recognition as part of Azerbaijan and the renunciation of the Armenian Genocide recognition campaign crimes punishable by between 10 and 15 years in jail.
The group has to collect at least 50,000 signatures to push the amendments to Armenia’s Criminal Code through the parliament.
“We have collected 14,800 signatures in five days. 10,000 signatures have been collected in Yerevan’s 12 administrative districts and 4,500 others in the county’s regions. 330 people have joined the online petition," Chalabyan said, thanking those who have backed the initiative and calling for greater popular support for it.
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