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RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN DID NOT COMMIT POLITICAL SUICIDE - EX-CANDIDATE
14:36 ~U 10.04.13
Former presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan says he doesn't agree
to the existing opinion that the opposition Heritage party's leader
put an end to his political career after the Tuesday rally.
"[Raffi] Hovhannisian's political plan for going to Moscow to meet with
[President Vladimir] Putin was not convincing, of course. I cannot
share such a political program because I am principally against
the idea of involving other states in the solution of political
problems in our country," the politician told Tert.am, commenting on
a remark voiced by Tigran Khzmalyan, a film director and an activist
of the Sardarapat Group, who described Hovhannisian's behavior as a
political suicide.
Speaking to the Armenian news website Haynews.am, the activist
said Hovhannisian's choice to lead his struggle alone marked the
tragic end of his political career. "Raffi Hovhannisian committed
a political suicide in front of our eyes and it really grieves me,"
said the activist.
At yesterday's rally in Yerevan's Liberty Square, Hovhannisian said
he would leave for Moscow on Wednesday morning to meet with President
Putin. But comments from the Heritage party's members earlier today
suggested that their leader is still in Armenia.
Asked about the police operations at the Tuesday rally, Ghukasyan noted
that the police officers accompanying the protesters demonstrated a
sensible approach. He said the 7,000 policemen accompanying a crowd
of about 3,000 people would have resorted to force had they seen the
situation was going much beyond control.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/10/andrias-ghukasyan/
14:36 ~U 10.04.13
Former presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan says he doesn't agree
to the existing opinion that the opposition Heritage party's leader
put an end to his political career after the Tuesday rally.
"[Raffi] Hovhannisian's political plan for going to Moscow to meet with
[President Vladimir] Putin was not convincing, of course. I cannot
share such a political program because I am principally against
the idea of involving other states in the solution of political
problems in our country," the politician told Tert.am, commenting on
a remark voiced by Tigran Khzmalyan, a film director and an activist
of the Sardarapat Group, who described Hovhannisian's behavior as a
political suicide.
Speaking to the Armenian news website Haynews.am, the activist
said Hovhannisian's choice to lead his struggle alone marked the
tragic end of his political career. "Raffi Hovhannisian committed
a political suicide in front of our eyes and it really grieves me,"
said the activist.
At yesterday's rally in Yerevan's Liberty Square, Hovhannisian said
he would leave for Moscow on Wednesday morning to meet with President
Putin. But comments from the Heritage party's members earlier today
suggested that their leader is still in Armenia.
Asked about the police operations at the Tuesday rally, Ghukasyan noted
that the police officers accompanying the protesters demonstrated a
sensible approach. He said the 7,000 policemen accompanying a crowd
of about 3,000 people would have resorted to force had they seen the
situation was going much beyond control.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/04/10/andrias-ghukasyan/