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THE HERITAGE PARTY BOARD RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT SERZH SARGSYAN
HETQ
16:44, November 28, 2011
We express bewilderment over the November 26 response of incumbent
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan to Raffi Hovannisian's official
letter dating November 21 and assess the response as a segmental and
state-disreputable attack towards Raffi Hovannisian - the person and
first Foreign Minister of Armenia, towards "Heritage" and the entire
opposition, towards Armenian society and common citizen in general.
If in its statement from November 25 the Republican party had
noted "it's necessary to refrain from attempts of absolutizing the
authorities' political commitments, as they have reasonable frames",
then via his November 26 response the Head of Republican party and
acting president Serzh Sargsyan revealed these "frames". According
to it the conduct of free, fair and competitive elections or any
demand or offer aimed to its realization breaks the "allowed lines",
claiming to be assessed as blackening, disparaging, poisoning action
pursuing malice intentions.
While voicing his appraisal the acting president had to acknowledge
at least that Raffi Hovannisian's letter was a generality of concrete
offers revealed in 15 items and not a statement at all, and that the
offers aimed to bring into real action the commitment of holding free
and fair elections declared by authorities - still Serzh Sargsyan
either hasn't realized or falsifies it.
That kind of conduct and assessments isn't compatible with status
of leader of the country. That kind of response shows that Armenian
authorities do not refuse and aren't going to refrain from vicious
practices of exploiting the administrative resources, establishing
party monopolies towards public and state capabilities, provision of
unequal competing conditions, compelling civil and public officers,
fraud of election process through majoritarian vote, manipulations
with voters' lists, engaging the army and church into politics.
Exactly these vicious methods of authorities for holding elections
along 16 years continuously had blackened and disparaged the country's
reputation, led to national revolt and bloodshed. We are deeply
concerned that the president assesses 2008 presidential elections
positively and claims it as mainly meeting the international standards
- that suggests we may have another March 1.
The incumbent president has also to realize that such political
rhetoric escorted with "elections" conducted in said manner opens the
shortest way to new inter-society intolerance. Therefore the instant
of sobriety relates to everyone and foremost to acting president.
If Serzh Sargsyan has made a mistake or omittance or distracted
from presidential style and essence - it could happen as well - he
still may correct the mistake and instead of absurd and meaningless
attacks admit the truthfulness of vast majority of Raffi Hovannisian's
letter's items. He must take steps for instant resolving of problems,
for making the elections acceptable to all and securing at last de
jure results of elections inRepublicofArmenia.
Board of Heritage party
HETQ
16:44, November 28, 2011
We express bewilderment over the November 26 response of incumbent
Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan to Raffi Hovannisian's official
letter dating November 21 and assess the response as a segmental and
state-disreputable attack towards Raffi Hovannisian - the person and
first Foreign Minister of Armenia, towards "Heritage" and the entire
opposition, towards Armenian society and common citizen in general.
If in its statement from November 25 the Republican party had
noted "it's necessary to refrain from attempts of absolutizing the
authorities' political commitments, as they have reasonable frames",
then via his November 26 response the Head of Republican party and
acting president Serzh Sargsyan revealed these "frames". According
to it the conduct of free, fair and competitive elections or any
demand or offer aimed to its realization breaks the "allowed lines",
claiming to be assessed as blackening, disparaging, poisoning action
pursuing malice intentions.
While voicing his appraisal the acting president had to acknowledge
at least that Raffi Hovannisian's letter was a generality of concrete
offers revealed in 15 items and not a statement at all, and that the
offers aimed to bring into real action the commitment of holding free
and fair elections declared by authorities - still Serzh Sargsyan
either hasn't realized or falsifies it.
That kind of conduct and assessments isn't compatible with status
of leader of the country. That kind of response shows that Armenian
authorities do not refuse and aren't going to refrain from vicious
practices of exploiting the administrative resources, establishing
party monopolies towards public and state capabilities, provision of
unequal competing conditions, compelling civil and public officers,
fraud of election process through majoritarian vote, manipulations
with voters' lists, engaging the army and church into politics.
Exactly these vicious methods of authorities for holding elections
along 16 years continuously had blackened and disparaged the country's
reputation, led to national revolt and bloodshed. We are deeply
concerned that the president assesses 2008 presidential elections
positively and claims it as mainly meeting the international standards
- that suggests we may have another March 1.
The incumbent president has also to realize that such political
rhetoric escorted with "elections" conducted in said manner opens the
shortest way to new inter-society intolerance. Therefore the instant
of sobriety relates to everyone and foremost to acting president.
If Serzh Sargsyan has made a mistake or omittance or distracted
from presidential style and essence - it could happen as well - he
still may correct the mistake and instead of absurd and meaningless
attacks admit the truthfulness of vast majority of Raffi Hovannisian's
letter's items. He must take steps for instant resolving of problems,
for making the elections acceptable to all and securing at last de
jure results of elections inRepublicofArmenia.
Board of Heritage party