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RAFFI HOVANNISIAN SHOULD HAVE INTENSIFIED PEOPLE'S PRESSURE ON AUTHORITIES - COMMUNIST PARTY OF ARMENIA
April 04, 2013 | 13:00
YEREVAN. - Fair and transparent elections are not held in Armenia
for already twenty-two years, First Secretary Ruben Tovmasyan of
the Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) Central Committee said during
a press conference on Thursday.
"The [capital city] Yerevan Council election [which is slated for May
5] will be corrupt yet again; that is why we decided not to run in
it," Tovmasyan stressed, and added that it is impossible to change
an entire system by way of elections alone.
In his view, Armenia's Constitution and Electoral Code need to
be changed.
"Despite some growth that is registered in the economic domain,
the country's economy is in bad shape. To improve the situation,
it is necessary to change the personnel policy and to wage a serious
battle against corruption," the CPA leader noted.
As for the actions by opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM
Raffi Hovannisian-who was declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election
that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real
winner in the vote and who ended a 21-day hunger strike at capital
city Yerevan's Liberty Square on March 31-, Tovmasyan noted that he had
visited Hovannisian, when he was still on his hunger strike, and given
him two advice: To take care of his health, and to prevent bloodshed.
"In my view, Raffi Hovannisian is not on the right track. What he
organized [at the beginning] has lost its significance; a hunger
strike likewise has lost its value in our country," the Communist
Party chief maintained.
He added that Hovannisian should have intensified the people's pressure
on the authorities.
"Solely a nationwide pressure may trouble the authorities. At first,
he [that is, Hovannisian] managed to achieve this, but the protest
movement gradually faded away," Ruben Tovmasyan concluded.
News from Armenia - NEWS.am
April 04, 2013 | 13:00
YEREVAN. - Fair and transparent elections are not held in Armenia
for already twenty-two years, First Secretary Ruben Tovmasyan of
the Communist Party of Armenia (CPA) Central Committee said during
a press conference on Thursday.
"The [capital city] Yerevan Council election [which is slated for May
5] will be corrupt yet again; that is why we decided not to run in
it," Tovmasyan stressed, and added that it is impossible to change
an entire system by way of elections alone.
In his view, Armenia's Constitution and Electoral Code need to
be changed.
"Despite some growth that is registered in the economic domain,
the country's economy is in bad shape. To improve the situation,
it is necessary to change the personnel policy and to wage a serious
battle against corruption," the CPA leader noted.
As for the actions by opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM
Raffi Hovannisian-who was declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent
President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election
that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real
winner in the vote and who ended a 21-day hunger strike at capital
city Yerevan's Liberty Square on March 31-, Tovmasyan noted that he had
visited Hovannisian, when he was still on his hunger strike, and given
him two advice: To take care of his health, and to prevent bloodshed.
"In my view, Raffi Hovannisian is not on the right track. What he
organized [at the beginning] has lost its significance; a hunger
strike likewise has lost its value in our country," the Communist
Party chief maintained.
He added that Hovannisian should have intensified the people's pressure
on the authorities.
"Solely a nationwide pressure may trouble the authorities. At first,
he [that is, Hovannisian] managed to achieve this, but the protest
movement gradually faded away," Ruben Tovmasyan concluded.
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