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    Armenia's Shirak region will have no disaster zone in one year, says
    Heritage leader

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/02/23/raffi-hovhannisyan-gyumri/
    20:55 - 23.02.13


    The former opposition presidential candidate, Raffi Hovhannisian, told
    Saturday his voters in Gyumri that the Shirak region (of which Gyumri
    is the capital) will have no disaster zone year in a year in case he
    is declared a legitimate president.

    `Gyumri determined Armenia's future; victory began from here,' he told
    the crowd of his supporters in the second largest city.

    Hovhannisian, who heads the opposition Heritage party, had a 32%
    advantage over Serzh Sargsyan in the February 18 presidential
    election. Some 42,635 voters (69.46%) in the city's 81 precincts had
    casted their ballots in his favor. The incumbent president received
    only 16,599 votes (27.04%). The governor of Shirak, Ashot Grigoryan,
    resigned from office following the election, reportedly being
    dissatisfied with his efforts to campaign for the president.

    Hovhannisian said in the Saturday rally that no former president,
    opposition figure or a local governor (regional or village governor)
    can seize what he claims to be the real victory.

    He warned policemen and the armed forces to respect the people's
    decision, adding that anyone issuing an unlawful decision will be held
    responsible in front of the people.

    `Today, policemen and security officers have their errors and their
    own past. We all must give an answer, but from now on, anyone - be it
    a municipality employee, regional governor or a commander - who acts
    as a security guarantor for the people, commit any infringement, he
    will be held accountable before the law. You will deal with Armenia's
    courts, not me in that case,' he added.

    Addressing his words to the re-elected president, Hovhannisian
    continued, `Mr Sargsyan, I respect you; you have a big contribution to
    the Armenian statehood, but your mission is accomplished'

    The crowd then began chanting slogans urging the incumbent to step
    down. `We are for the opposition. We have rejected these authorities,
    but have enough spirit and dignity to say thank you,' they said.

    Hovhannisyan, who claims the February 18 election was tainted by
    fraud, reiterated an earlier statement that his success is not limited
    to narrow party interests. `There's no party flag; no ARF-D [Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun] or ANC [Armenian National
    Congress] flag. We all came to realize that this is not a struggle for
    a party. The Armenian man has to return from virgin lands, bringing
    back his child to Armenia. A return to Armenia will be what will see
    in five years. Hence, Mr. Sargsyan, our nation is unanimous at this
    point. The [ordinary] citizen and the policeman, all the political
    parties, the young and the elderly have come here to say that this is
    not something for us; this is for our law and our nation,' he added.

    Hovhannisyan reminded the crowd that he will rally in Yerevan's
    Liberty Square Sunday afternoon regardless of permission by the City
    Hall.

    `The people must win; make no doubt about that. If the non-elected
    government is unwilling [to step down], the people have to ready for a
    long-lasting struggle,' the politician said.

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