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ARMENIAN PRESIDENT SWORN IN AMID PROTESTS
The Daily Star, Lebanon
April 9 2013
YEREVAN: Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for
another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid
street protests by his opponents.
Sarkisian easily won February's election with nearly 59 percent of the
vote, but his opponents, American-born runner-up Raffi Hovanessian,
who won 37 percent of the vote, has called the election rigged, went
on hunger strike, and led protests calling for Sarkisian to step down.
International monitors said the election "lacked competition" but did
not question its legitimacy. A judge rejected Hovanessian's appeal
against the result last month.
Thousands of Hovanessian's supporters gathered in the capital to
protest the inauguration.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Apr-09/213116-armenian-president-sworn-in-amid-protests.ashx#axzz2Pzjln7h2
The Daily Star, Lebanon
April 9 2013
YEREVAN: Armenian President Serge Sarkisian has been sworn in for
another five-year term to lead the small former Soviet republic amid
street protests by his opponents.
Sarkisian easily won February's election with nearly 59 percent of the
vote, but his opponents, American-born runner-up Raffi Hovanessian,
who won 37 percent of the vote, has called the election rigged, went
on hunger strike, and led protests calling for Sarkisian to step down.
International monitors said the election "lacked competition" but did
not question its legitimacy. A judge rejected Hovanessian's appeal
against the result last month.
Thousands of Hovanessian's supporters gathered in the capital to
protest the inauguration.
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/International/2013/Apr-09/213116-armenian-president-sworn-in-amid-protests.ashx#axzz2Pzjln7h2