Strong Armenia party holding mass pre-election rally in  Yerevan`s  Republic Square

ArmInfo.  A massive pre-election rally of supporters of the "Strong Armenia" political party began today in the capital's  Republic Square. The event began with a symbolic initiative where participants signed a petition supporting the  introduction of the "Safarov Law"—a proposed legislative act aimed at  prohibiting Azerbaijani nationals from purchasing land and real  estate in the Republic of Armenia.

With the capital's central square filled to capacity, organizers  addressed those present people, highlighting the recent two-month  detention of Alik Aleksanyan one of the most active "Strong Armenia"  figures.  Speakers framed the upcoming June 7 elections not merely as  a parliamentary vote, but as a defining national referendum on the  country's demographic and economic future: either 300,000  Azerbaijanis or 300,000 working days. This is a fateful choice that  will bring about significant changes in the life and future of the  country. 

Narek Karapetyan, "Strong Armenia" board member, noted that the party  had traveled a difficult path and emerged victorious. In four days,  there will be a referendum on whether neighboring states will dictate  Armenia's domestic reality. Those who want to live with the  Azerbaijanis should vote for the Civil Contract. He recalled that in  11 days, a conference on "returning to our lands" will be held 10 km  from Meghri, and that Armenia will need to "restore 400 mosques" in  "Western Azerbaijan." "And this is being said by those who are  destroying our cultural and historical monuments in Nakhichevan and  Karabakh," Karapetyan added. "They will never see this happen; we are  choosing a leader who will not allow it. Today, we face a fateful  choice: we either defend our identity and national values, or we lose  our Homeland."  

Party leader Samvel Karapetyan, who is under house arrest, addressed the crowd from his home and called on the country's population to go to the polls and make a fateful choice toward an Armenia not under the external control of a small group of people who have betrayed their country and their people.