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HOVANNISIAN CALLS FOR SHOW OF SUPPORT AT HOUR OF SARGSYAN INAUGURATION
VOTE 2013 | 04.04.13 | 15:58
Photo: Heritage Party Press Office
By GAYANE MKRTCHYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, official runner-up challenging
the results of the presidential election, continuing his "national
enlistment campaign" in Armenia's north, is urging supporters to
be at Liberty Square on April 9, at 11 a.m. - the appointed time of
President Serzh Sargsyan's second inauguration.
"Armenia is in an incessant process; that day will bring a new
situation, new approaches. Now, you have to decide whose citizens
you are - of the Republic of Armenia or of the former president,
former governor, chief of police, and I don't know who else,"
Hovannisian said during his Wednesday trip to Martuni, as part of
his post-election stand-off.
The Heritage party leader and his team have made trips to Abovyan,
Nor Hach'n, Sevan, Martuni, Ijevan and Berd.
In Abovyan, which in essence is under Prosperous Armenia Party's
(PAP) control, Hovannisian stated that the moment of truth for PAP
was approaching and it had to decide which side it is on.
PAP faction MP Vahan Babayan, commenting on this statements, told
news.am local internet daily that PAP is an alternative, and that is
where they see themselves.
"What does it mean 'the moment of truth for PAP is approaching'? That
issue by itself is not proper, because PAP is working every day for the
welfare of our country, to make it a better place, and our activities
are transparently visible in the parliament, as well," he said.
In Berd, Hovannisian called upon Sargsyan to go and serve at the
border together.
"When they gave me an Armenian passport, I wrote a letter to the
military committee; back then Kocharyan was running the office, and
I opposed him because he was wrong. So I said that I had become a
citizen and should be sent to the frontline to fulfill my duty before
my motherland, but I was told I was out of that age. But I am telling
you now, that if necessary, Mr Sargsyan, let us go together and serve
at the border till the end of our lives, but set the people free,"
he said.
Summing up his regional trips to be completed by Friday, Hovannisian
said that with each visit he experiences all the human and national
seasons. "Today I have realized that people by their quantity and
quality have said that they are on the way of glory. I hope I can
return one percent of people's warmth to them."
Parallel with the "national enlistment campaign", a group of Gyumri
residents will arrange a march from Gyumri's Theatre Square to
Yerevan's Liberty Square to take part in the April-9 rally.
"This is an act of protest to express our discontent with mass
ballot-rigging and the official results of the February 18, 2013,
presidential elections. Our goal is very clear: fight till justice
wins. As they say "Justice gets sick, but never dies". Heritage
party vice-president Armen Martirosyan will accompany us throughout
the march. This is a civil initiative done within the law," says the
press release of the initiative team.
Gyumri's activists are urging residents of the settlements along
Gyumri-Yerevan highway to join the march.
VOTE 2013 | 04.04.13 | 15:58
Photo: Heritage Party Press Office
By GAYANE MKRTCHYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, official runner-up challenging
the results of the presidential election, continuing his "national
enlistment campaign" in Armenia's north, is urging supporters to
be at Liberty Square on April 9, at 11 a.m. - the appointed time of
President Serzh Sargsyan's second inauguration.
"Armenia is in an incessant process; that day will bring a new
situation, new approaches. Now, you have to decide whose citizens
you are - of the Republic of Armenia or of the former president,
former governor, chief of police, and I don't know who else,"
Hovannisian said during his Wednesday trip to Martuni, as part of
his post-election stand-off.
The Heritage party leader and his team have made trips to Abovyan,
Nor Hach'n, Sevan, Martuni, Ijevan and Berd.
In Abovyan, which in essence is under Prosperous Armenia Party's
(PAP) control, Hovannisian stated that the moment of truth for PAP
was approaching and it had to decide which side it is on.
PAP faction MP Vahan Babayan, commenting on this statements, told
news.am local internet daily that PAP is an alternative, and that is
where they see themselves.
"What does it mean 'the moment of truth for PAP is approaching'? That
issue by itself is not proper, because PAP is working every day for the
welfare of our country, to make it a better place, and our activities
are transparently visible in the parliament, as well," he said.
In Berd, Hovannisian called upon Sargsyan to go and serve at the
border together.
"When they gave me an Armenian passport, I wrote a letter to the
military committee; back then Kocharyan was running the office, and
I opposed him because he was wrong. So I said that I had become a
citizen and should be sent to the frontline to fulfill my duty before
my motherland, but I was told I was out of that age. But I am telling
you now, that if necessary, Mr Sargsyan, let us go together and serve
at the border till the end of our lives, but set the people free,"
he said.
Summing up his regional trips to be completed by Friday, Hovannisian
said that with each visit he experiences all the human and national
seasons. "Today I have realized that people by their quantity and
quality have said that they are on the way of glory. I hope I can
return one percent of people's warmth to them."
Parallel with the "national enlistment campaign", a group of Gyumri
residents will arrange a march from Gyumri's Theatre Square to
Yerevan's Liberty Square to take part in the April-9 rally.
"This is an act of protest to express our discontent with mass
ballot-rigging and the official results of the February 18, 2013,
presidential elections. Our goal is very clear: fight till justice
wins. As they say "Justice gets sick, but never dies". Heritage
party vice-president Armen Martirosyan will accompany us throughout
the march. This is a civil initiative done within the law," says the
press release of the initiative team.
Gyumri's activists are urging residents of the settlements along
Gyumri-Yerevan highway to join the march.