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DECISION 2013: PASHINYAN SAYS PEOPLE TRUST HOVANNISIAN
Vote 2013 | 20.02.13 | 11:30
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Nikol Pashinyan, an outspoken oppositionist who served a jail term
for his role in the 2008 post-election riot [read: state-sponsored
slaughter of March 1-2, 2008], has spoken about possible support to
Raffi Hovannisian, an opposition leader who has claimed victory in
the February 18 election officially won by the incumbent.
In a statement released on Tuesday Pashinyan commented on his presence
at the gathering of Hovannisian in Yerevan's Liberty Square earlier
that day. At what was described as a press conference in the square
the official runner-up in the presidential race called on President
Serzh Sargsyan to admit his defeat and start transferring power to
the people.
Pashinyan, who is affiliated with the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), which did not contest the February election and,
furthermore, stopped short of endorsing any of the candidates in
the race, said: "First of all, I visited Liberty Square to show
my respect and express my admiration to the citizen of Armenia,
the people of Armenia, who have delivered a strong message in the
February 18 election that they are a spiritual people, a people of
freedom and future."
"The current political situation is more than clear. People trust
the leader of the Heritage party, Raffi Hovannisian, who must present
to the society his vision regarding the further developments," said
Pashinyan, an MP with the ANC faction, adding that he was ready to
support, within the limits of his abilities, the steps aimed at
achieving "real, system changes in Armenia and the establishment
of democracy".
"My assistance to the further programs of Raffi Hovannisian will
depend on their political and civil contents. Bringing the Armenian
people to real victories is the goal that I have always served and
will continue to serve," concluded the oppositionist.
Pashinyan has reportedly been on increasingly strained terms with the
rest of the ANC over the latter's recent policies of cooperation with
a force previously allied with President Sargsyan's ruling party. And
the ANC, for its part, has been in apparent rivalry with Hovannisian's
Heritage Party over the opposition segment of the electorate lately.
http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/43723/armenia_presidential_election_2013_february_18_nik ol_pashinyan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Vote 2013 | 20.02.13 | 11:30
Photolure
Nikol Pashinyan, an outspoken oppositionist who served a jail term
for his role in the 2008 post-election riot [read: state-sponsored
slaughter of March 1-2, 2008], has spoken about possible support to
Raffi Hovannisian, an opposition leader who has claimed victory in
the February 18 election officially won by the incumbent.
In a statement released on Tuesday Pashinyan commented on his presence
at the gathering of Hovannisian in Yerevan's Liberty Square earlier
that day. At what was described as a press conference in the square
the official runner-up in the presidential race called on President
Serzh Sargsyan to admit his defeat and start transferring power to
the people.
Pashinyan, who is affiliated with the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), which did not contest the February election and,
furthermore, stopped short of endorsing any of the candidates in
the race, said: "First of all, I visited Liberty Square to show
my respect and express my admiration to the citizen of Armenia,
the people of Armenia, who have delivered a strong message in the
February 18 election that they are a spiritual people, a people of
freedom and future."
"The current political situation is more than clear. People trust
the leader of the Heritage party, Raffi Hovannisian, who must present
to the society his vision regarding the further developments," said
Pashinyan, an MP with the ANC faction, adding that he was ready to
support, within the limits of his abilities, the steps aimed at
achieving "real, system changes in Armenia and the establishment
of democracy".
"My assistance to the further programs of Raffi Hovannisian will
depend on their political and civil contents. Bringing the Armenian
people to real victories is the goal that I have always served and
will continue to serve," concluded the oppositionist.
Pashinyan has reportedly been on increasingly strained terms with the
rest of the ANC over the latter's recent policies of cooperation with
a force previously allied with President Sargsyan's ruling party. And
the ANC, for its part, has been in apparent rivalry with Hovannisian's
Heritage Party over the opposition segment of the electorate lately.
http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/43723/armenia_presidential_election_2013_february_18_nik ol_pashinyan
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress