In addition to keeping demonstrators off the streets, military and Government officials say, the goal is to create hardships that will induce the population to stop the protests.
In addition to keeping demonstrators off the streets, the goal was to create hardships that would induce the population to halt the protests.
He also wants to keep demonstrators from the front of City Hall because he finds them irresponsible and insensitive.
The city spent $18,000 to build a chain-link fence around the courthouse to contain the crush of reporters and to keep demonstrators from disrupting the proceedings.
But it has agreed to keep demonstrators away from Sapoa and off the route the contras will use to get there.
A British journalist reported seeing special police keeping Basijs and demonstrators separated.
The police, meanwhile, appear hell-bent on keeping demonstrators away.
They will not have fences and the Secret Service to keep demonstrators at bay.
The police had set up a blockade to keep demonstrators from entering the Legislative Buildings.
The two campaigns have sought to keep such demonstrators away from the candidate.