Thousands rally in fresh Armenian election protest

0 Comments | AFP, February, 2008

YEREVAN (AFP) — Tens of thousands of opposition supporters demonstrated in Armenia's capital Yerevan for a third day Friday vowing to keep protesting until the results of a presidential election are overturned.

Opposition leader and former president Levon Ter-Petrosian sought to encourage a crowd of about 30,000 in the latest protest against alleged fraud in last Tuesday's presidential poll, which was officially won by Prime Minister Serzh Sarkisian.

"Today we rule the square, tomorrow we will rule the country," he told cheering supporters, who chanted "Levon for president" and waved Armenian flags.

Fellow activist Nikol Pashenian urged the crowd to keep up pressure for the vote to be overturned, calling another rally for Saturday afternoon. "We will...