Armenian sports minister to step down for backing opposition

  23 October 2014    Read: 894
Armenian sports minister to step down for backing opposition
Armenia’s minister of sport and youth affairs is going to resign from office soon over the reports that he showed support to the opposition’s recent rally,Zhamanak reported.

The paper claims that over 3,000 young sportsmen and parents, as well as coaches from the 23 state-funded sports schools of Armenia were forced to head to Yerevan’s Liberty Square on October 10 to join the public event conducted by the non-governing forces.

Citing further its sources, the paper says that Minister Gabriel Ghazaryan is going to do the same on October 24, the next time the “opposition trio” will be conducting a rally.

The “reliable sources” have reportedly told the paper that the national security and the police services have reported the plan to the president who is now said to be planning to sack the minister.

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