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STEPAN SAFARYAN: AFTER CLASHES BETWEEN RAFFI HOVANNISIAN'S SUPPORTERS AND LAW-ENFORCERS, BAREV MOVEMENT HAS CHANGED ITS AGENDA
ARMINFO
Wednesday, April 10, 18:39
The tragedy of the Barev movement is that the political forces of
Armenia cannot join forces and jointly fight against the ruling regime,
Secretary of the Heritage Party, political expert Stepan Safaryan
said at a press conference in Yerevan.
He said that after the April 9 clashes between Raffi Hovannisian's
supporters and the police, the movement agenda has changed.
"Hovannisian cannot maintain the movement long without achieving any
results. However, those who think that the movement has stopped and
the leader and has changed are mistaken. The forthcoming developments
will show that it is not so", the expert said. Safaryan pointed out
that instead of consolidating, the opposition forces and the movement
members have started making early statements and splitting the ranks
of Hovannisian's supporters.
Safaryan said that it will be hard for Serzh Sargsyan to rule the
country, as the Armenian society and the Diaspora have divided in two,
and Sargsyan will have to take into account the opinion of Hovannisian
and his teammates when making important decisions.
The expert said that on April 9 it was not planned to hold a procession
after the swear-in ceremony of New Armenia, but the participants
expressed a desire to hold the procession, and Hovannisian agreed.
To note, on April 9, while President Serzh Sargsyan was taking oath,
Raffi Hovannisian held his own swear-in ceremony in Liberty Square,
and then his supporters and he moved to the presidential residence,
however, the armed law-enforcers did not let them approach the
residence. As a result, clashes occurred between the protesters and
the law enforcers, Heritage Deputy Chairman Armen Martirosyan and
Aravot newspaper journalist Hripsime Jebejyan were beaten. Several
activists were detained.
From: Baghdasarian
ARMINFO
Wednesday, April 10, 18:39
The tragedy of the Barev movement is that the political forces of
Armenia cannot join forces and jointly fight against the ruling regime,
Secretary of the Heritage Party, political expert Stepan Safaryan
said at a press conference in Yerevan.
He said that after the April 9 clashes between Raffi Hovannisian's
supporters and the police, the movement agenda has changed.
"Hovannisian cannot maintain the movement long without achieving any
results. However, those who think that the movement has stopped and
the leader and has changed are mistaken. The forthcoming developments
will show that it is not so", the expert said. Safaryan pointed out
that instead of consolidating, the opposition forces and the movement
members have started making early statements and splitting the ranks
of Hovannisian's supporters.
Safaryan said that it will be hard for Serzh Sargsyan to rule the
country, as the Armenian society and the Diaspora have divided in two,
and Sargsyan will have to take into account the opinion of Hovannisian
and his teammates when making important decisions.
The expert said that on April 9 it was not planned to hold a procession
after the swear-in ceremony of New Armenia, but the participants
expressed a desire to hold the procession, and Hovannisian agreed.
To note, on April 9, while President Serzh Sargsyan was taking oath,
Raffi Hovannisian held his own swear-in ceremony in Liberty Square,
and then his supporters and he moved to the presidential residence,
however, the armed law-enforcers did not let them approach the
residence. As a result, clashes occurred between the protesters and
the law enforcers, Heritage Deputy Chairman Armen Martirosyan and
Aravot newspaper journalist Hripsime Jebejyan were beaten. Several
activists were detained.
From: Baghdasarian