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Zhirayr Sefilyan warns Raffi Hovannisian against repeating previous
opposition forces' mistakes
ARMINFO
Saturday, February 23, 19:18
For the first time over the 25 years since the Karabakh war Armenia is
experiencing a new liberation struggle, Garegin Chugaszyan, member of
the initiative group of Sardarapat Movement, said at today's press
conference.
He pointed out that the Armenian residents disagreeing with the
presidential election results have decided to express their discontent
by attending the rallies in Liberty Square. He recalled that the civil
activists howled down the Feb 19 press conference of the international
observers from OSCE/ODIHR, PACE and CoE and demanded that the
observers should leave Armenia, because they encourage the authorities
to rig the election by their "loyal" assessments. In addition, on Feb
22 the civil activists held a protest action in front of the building
of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
He thinks that the current situation is direct evidence of the fact
that the opinion saying that people are corrupt and do not assert
their will was a big mistake.
For his part, Zhirayr Sefilyan, a hero of the Karabakh war, member of
the initiative group of Sardarapat Movement, expressed his concern
over Raffi Hovannisian's possible repeating the previous opposition
forces' mistakes. "Hovannisian should not let the people get
disappointed once again", he said. As regards the election results,
Sefilyan stressed that since 1996 the opposition has been winning the
elections in Armenia, but the ruling regime did not let that fact
become a reality.
The supporters of Raffi Hovannisian, who obtained 36.75% of votes and
gained the second place in the Feb 18 presidential race, has been
holding rallies in Liberty Square since Feb 19. Today Hovannisian is
holding similar rallies in Ashtarak, Vanadzor and Gyumri, and on Feb
24 - again in Yerevan.
According to the preliminary results of the election, the incumbent
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan obtained 58.64% of votes.
opposition forces' mistakes
ARMINFO
Saturday, February 23, 19:18
For the first time over the 25 years since the Karabakh war Armenia is
experiencing a new liberation struggle, Garegin Chugaszyan, member of
the initiative group of Sardarapat Movement, said at today's press
conference.
He pointed out that the Armenian residents disagreeing with the
presidential election results have decided to express their discontent
by attending the rallies in Liberty Square. He recalled that the civil
activists howled down the Feb 19 press conference of the international
observers from OSCE/ODIHR, PACE and CoE and demanded that the
observers should leave Armenia, because they encourage the authorities
to rig the election by their "loyal" assessments. In addition, on Feb
22 the civil activists held a protest action in front of the building
of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.
He thinks that the current situation is direct evidence of the fact
that the opinion saying that people are corrupt and do not assert
their will was a big mistake.
For his part, Zhirayr Sefilyan, a hero of the Karabakh war, member of
the initiative group of Sardarapat Movement, expressed his concern
over Raffi Hovannisian's possible repeating the previous opposition
forces' mistakes. "Hovannisian should not let the people get
disappointed once again", he said. As regards the election results,
Sefilyan stressed that since 1996 the opposition has been winning the
elections in Armenia, but the ruling regime did not let that fact
become a reality.
The supporters of Raffi Hovannisian, who obtained 36.75% of votes and
gained the second place in the Feb 18 presidential race, has been
holding rallies in Liberty Square since Feb 19. Today Hovannisian is
holding similar rallies in Ashtarak, Vanadzor and Gyumri, and on Feb
24 - again in Yerevan.
According to the preliminary results of the election, the incumbent
President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan obtained 58.64% of votes.