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RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN MEETS SUPPORTERS IN ARARAT - VIDEO
TERT.AM
20:20 ~U 01.04.13
Continuing his tour to different regions of Armenia, former
presidential candidate Raffi Hovhannisian went to the town of Ararat
on Friday afternoon to speak of the post-electoral developments.
Addressing the people gathered in the square, the opposition Heritage
party's leader said he wanted a meeting with the town's mayor, Abraham
Babayan, who, as Hovhannisian claimed, had earlier promised to expel
him from Ararat once he appeared there.
"This is our town, our land and our country, so no one will expel us
from our town. Anyone threatening an expulsion must himself to be
banished to a place where he deserves to be," the former candidate
said.
Then giving the floor to Zaruhi Postanjyan, a member of the opposition
Heritage faction in parliament, he once again insisted on a meeting
with the Ararat mayor. "If he wants to come to a debate or fulfill his
promise, I am here," he said.
In her speech, Postanjyan reiterated their leader's earlier remark of
what the opposition considers to be the inauguration of new Armenia"
(the April 9 inauguration day which the opposition claims should mark
Raffi Hovhannisian's swearing-in ceremony).
"We must serve April 9, the new Armenia inauguration day. We all will
unanimously gather in Liberty Square at 11:00 o'clock that day. We
have a good opportunity to say on April 9 that power belongs to the
Armenian people," said she, warning all local governors to refrain
from threatening their population.
Speaking again, the former candidate said many mayors and regional
administrators in Armenia think their community's property belongs to
them.
"The mayor or the community governor could have done a good job in the
past, but they are standing against their own people today.
The people have now decided that they are coming to power," he added.
Hovhannisian said he has no doubt that April 9 will mark the
inauguration of his "New Armenia". "I am sure there will be no closed
road. That's something for our country's future. We have headed
towards February 18 to record the victory which you and we have
brought together," he said, promising to make Armenia a leading and
prosperous country on the global and regional level.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30740273
TERT.AM
20:20 ~U 01.04.13
Continuing his tour to different regions of Armenia, former
presidential candidate Raffi Hovhannisian went to the town of Ararat
on Friday afternoon to speak of the post-electoral developments.
Addressing the people gathered in the square, the opposition Heritage
party's leader said he wanted a meeting with the town's mayor, Abraham
Babayan, who, as Hovhannisian claimed, had earlier promised to expel
him from Ararat once he appeared there.
"This is our town, our land and our country, so no one will expel us
from our town. Anyone threatening an expulsion must himself to be
banished to a place where he deserves to be," the former candidate
said.
Then giving the floor to Zaruhi Postanjyan, a member of the opposition
Heritage faction in parliament, he once again insisted on a meeting
with the Ararat mayor. "If he wants to come to a debate or fulfill his
promise, I am here," he said.
In her speech, Postanjyan reiterated their leader's earlier remark of
what the opposition considers to be the inauguration of new Armenia"
(the April 9 inauguration day which the opposition claims should mark
Raffi Hovhannisian's swearing-in ceremony).
"We must serve April 9, the new Armenia inauguration day. We all will
unanimously gather in Liberty Square at 11:00 o'clock that day. We
have a good opportunity to say on April 9 that power belongs to the
Armenian people," said she, warning all local governors to refrain
from threatening their population.
Speaking again, the former candidate said many mayors and regional
administrators in Armenia think their community's property belongs to
them.
"The mayor or the community governor could have done a good job in the
past, but they are standing against their own people today.
The people have now decided that they are coming to power," he added.
Hovhannisian said he has no doubt that April 9 will mark the
inauguration of his "New Armenia". "I am sure there will be no closed
road. That's something for our country's future. We have headed
towards February 18 to record the victory which you and we have
brought together," he said, promising to make Armenia a leading and
prosperous country on the global and regional level.
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/30740273