Armenia's police on Saturday vowed to crack down on any activities disturbing social order as well as any attempts to undermine national stability, and to protect the constitutional rights of the citizens, according to reports from Yerevan.
The police will unconditionally fulfill their duties the law grants them, the national police office said in a statement.
The statement added Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan, who had just won the presidential election, said Friday that he would not rule out the possibility of using police to stop the opposition from disturbing social order.
Supporters of the Armenian opposition have gathered in central Yerevan for four days, accusing the authorities of rigging the results of the presidential election. They alleged that First President Levon Ter-Petrosyan won the election and called for a recount or a new election.
The Central Electoral Commission (CEC) of Armenia announced Wednesday that Sargsyan won 52.86 percent of ballots in preliminary results from all 1,923 polling stations, followed by Ter-Petrosyan with 21.5 percent.
The final results will be announced next Tuesday.
Source: Xinhua
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