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Republican MP: Hovannisian rallying people out of inactivity
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/03/04/hovhannes-sahakyan
04:40 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
The post-election rallies led by Heritage party leader Raffi
Hovannisian are the result of inactivity, says Republican MP Hovhannes
Sahakyan.
"I think that Raffi Hovannisian is rallying people as he has nothing
else to do and nowhere else to demonstrate his political
manifestations," he said.
The Republican MP finds it pointless rallying some 4000-5000 people at
Liberty Square and claiming that the Feb. 18 presidential election was
rigged. The votes of several thousand people cannot make significant
change since the difference of votes cast for Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi
Hovannisian was incomparable.
Human rights activist Vardan Harutyunyan disagreed with the Republican
MP saying these 4000-5000 people who attend the post-election rallies
speak of a serious problem in the country.
"The number of ralliers can be insignificant in Moscow or Madrid, but
in the case of Armenia this is a huge number," he said.
Hovhannes Sahakyan is confident that the presidential election was
fair and transparent and Raffi Hovannisian simply has `to shake hands'
with the winner [Serzh Sargsyan]. Nor he approves of Hovannisian's
decision to dispute the election results in the Constitutional Court.
"The decision should be grounded. If they apply to incite political
agiotage, I think it is wrong," said the Republican lawmaker.
"If the election were fair and transparent, people would not take to
the streets to protest against the vote outcome. The authorities were
to conduct a free and fair election but they failed to ensure its
transparency," said Vardan Harutyunyan.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/politics/2013/03/04/hovhannes-sahakyan
04:40 PM | TODAY | POLITICS
The post-election rallies led by Heritage party leader Raffi
Hovannisian are the result of inactivity, says Republican MP Hovhannes
Sahakyan.
"I think that Raffi Hovannisian is rallying people as he has nothing
else to do and nowhere else to demonstrate his political
manifestations," he said.
The Republican MP finds it pointless rallying some 4000-5000 people at
Liberty Square and claiming that the Feb. 18 presidential election was
rigged. The votes of several thousand people cannot make significant
change since the difference of votes cast for Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi
Hovannisian was incomparable.
Human rights activist Vardan Harutyunyan disagreed with the Republican
MP saying these 4000-5000 people who attend the post-election rallies
speak of a serious problem in the country.
"The number of ralliers can be insignificant in Moscow or Madrid, but
in the case of Armenia this is a huge number," he said.
Hovhannes Sahakyan is confident that the presidential election was
fair and transparent and Raffi Hovannisian simply has `to shake hands'
with the winner [Serzh Sargsyan]. Nor he approves of Hovannisian's
decision to dispute the election results in the Constitutional Court.
"The decision should be grounded. If they apply to incite political
agiotage, I think it is wrong," said the Republican lawmaker.
"If the election were fair and transparent, people would not take to
the streets to protest against the vote outcome. The authorities were
to conduct a free and fair election but they failed to ensure its
transparency," said Vardan Harutyunyan.