ArmInfo. The Council of Elders of Yerevan made a decision to erect a monument to the victims of March 1, 2008, the ArmInfo correspondent reports.
On November 7, 2019, the government allocated 2 million drams for the installation of the monument. The winner of the open competition for the best design of the monument to the victims of March 1, 2008 was the project of the sculptor Albert Vardanyan. The competition was held by the Yerevan Municipality by order of the government.
To note, as a result of clashes at opposition rallies that followed the 2008 presidential elections in Armenia, in which Serzh Sargsyan won de jure, 10 people died on March 1. The investigation into the case is still ongoing. Within the framework of the case on charges of overthrowing the constitutional order,he second president of Armenia, Robert Kocharyan, and a number of high-ranking officials of that time are involved.
To note, current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan was an active supporter of Levon Ter-Petrosyan, who de jure lost the elections, but claimed that the election results were falsified. After the events of March 1, 2008, Pashinyan was sentenced to 7 years on charges of organizing mass riots, but after serving 2 years he was released.