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KAREN HAROUTYUNYAN: "WE WILL CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE REGARDLESS OF WHAT RAFFI DOES"
Grisha Balasanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24176/karen-haroutyunyan-we-will-continue-the-struggle-regardless-of-what-raffi-does.html
14:39, March 6, 2013
Karen Haroutyunyan is one of the activists who interrupted a press
conference of the OSCE/ODIHR election monitors in the Armenia Marriott
Hotel on February 19.
Karen and his friends are still participating in post-election protest
actions in Armenia.
"We knew that the election would be rigged from the start. None of us
accept the election results and the fake president. That's why we've
declared a series of civil disobedience actions. We shall cooperate
with all those fighting in the name of the public interest, democracy
and in defense of the constitution," Karen told Hetq.
Karen said he placed no hope in Armenia's Constitutional Court which
must review the petitions of Raffi Hovannisian and Andreas Ghoukasyan
to get the vote annulled.
"The Court isn't an independent body. It's part of the chain of
electoral fraud machine, like the Central Electoral Commission. It
doesn't serve its official function. The Court's mission is simply to
verify the fraudulent election and that is exactly what it will do if
there isn't a public reaction. The public will definitely call all the
judges on the Court to account for their crimes against the people,"
Karen said.
He said that Raffi Hovannisian had assumed a heavy burden of
responsibility and that the people would not forgive him if he backed
down in the fight for democracy.
"A situation has been created where many citizens have understood
that they should no longer look for saviours but take responsibility
themselves. They are ready to continue the struggle regardless of
what Raffi does. That's what I have pledged to do," Karen said.
Grisha Balasanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24176/karen-haroutyunyan-we-will-continue-the-struggle-regardless-of-what-raffi-does.html
14:39, March 6, 2013
Karen Haroutyunyan is one of the activists who interrupted a press
conference of the OSCE/ODIHR election monitors in the Armenia Marriott
Hotel on February 19.
Karen and his friends are still participating in post-election protest
actions in Armenia.
"We knew that the election would be rigged from the start. None of us
accept the election results and the fake president. That's why we've
declared a series of civil disobedience actions. We shall cooperate
with all those fighting in the name of the public interest, democracy
and in defense of the constitution," Karen told Hetq.
Karen said he placed no hope in Armenia's Constitutional Court which
must review the petitions of Raffi Hovannisian and Andreas Ghoukasyan
to get the vote annulled.
"The Court isn't an independent body. It's part of the chain of
electoral fraud machine, like the Central Electoral Commission. It
doesn't serve its official function. The Court's mission is simply to
verify the fraudulent election and that is exactly what it will do if
there isn't a public reaction. The public will definitely call all the
judges on the Court to account for their crimes against the people,"
Karen said.
He said that Raffi Hovannisian had assumed a heavy burden of
responsibility and that the people would not forgive him if he backed
down in the fight for democracy.
"A situation has been created where many citizens have understood
that they should no longer look for saviours but take responsibility
themselves. They are ready to continue the struggle regardless of
what Raffi does. That's what I have pledged to do," Karen said.