Activists of the Armenian National Congress (ANC) Party were attacked in the Yerevan Administrative District of Ajapnyak, Monday.
The activists were campaigning in favor of the ANC at the upcoming elections to the Elders' Council of Yerevan when some twenty men attacked and beat them, an ANC representative Gevorg Gevorgyan says. The attackers declared it was the 'territory of the Republicans,' he says. As a result, a 27-year-old Alik Sargsyan was hospitalized with injures. Fortunately, his life is not in danger.
Gevorg Gevrogyan says that the ANC activists informed the police of the incident, but the attackers have not been exposed yet.
In this light, the ANC Party has disseminated a statement saying that the authorities create obstacles to the election campaign of the opposition party.
"The authorities fell in panic after the latest congress of the ANC and the wide response to it. The confusion of the authorities shows that the elections to the Elder's Council may catalyze serious political changes in the country if the opposition gains victory," the ANC states.