Some 200 senior class students at the Movses Zourabyan Public School in Odzoun, a village of 4,000 in Armenia’s Lori Province, left the classroom this morning and staged an anti-Serzh Sargsyan strike of their own.
Gathering in the courtyard of the village cultural center, the students chanted “Take a step, reject Serzh”.
The students then marched through Odzoun, calling on residents to join them.
School Principal Hripsimeh Ghoulyan and Odzoun Mayor Arsen Titanyan demanded that the students return to class. Students continued to march.
Note to Readers: Today is the eleventh day of protests in Armenia calling for the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan as prime minister and the transfer of power out of the hand...
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