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    Decision 2013: Raffi Hovannisian goes on hunger strike

    http://armenianow.com/vote_2013/44288/armvote13_raffi_hovannisian_rally_hungerstrike
    VOTE 2013 | 10.03.13 | 20:15


    Raffi Hovannisian, who officially finished second in last month's
    presidential ballot and is now disputing the reelection of President
    Serzh Sargsyan, has gone on a hunger strike, calling on the incumbent
    to resign before April 9 - the official Inauguration Day.

    Addressing supporters who gathered in Yerevan's Liberty Square for
    another rally on Sunday, the opposition leader vowed to secure a
    victory for the people even at the cost of his life.

    `If on April 9 he [Serzh Sargsyan] gives a pseudo-oath on the
    Constitution and the Holy Bible and the Supreme Patriarch blesses it
    and thus defiles the Bible, they will do it on my dead body,' stressed
    Hovannisian, who already conducted a 15-day hunger strike two years
    ago.

    `This is not a hunger strike, but a boycott of lies and fraud,' stated
    the 53-year-old U.S.-born politician before starting his fast in the
    square.

    `In any case you will be celebrating your victory and a new Armenia on
    April 9,' said Hovannisian, addressing hundreds of his supporters in
    the venue.

    Sargsyan, who was certified as winner of the February 18 presidential
    election with his official tally of about 59 percent (as opposed to
    Hovannisian's nearly 37 percent of the vote) received Hovannisian in
    his presidential office last month.

    The opposition leader afterwards said, however, that all of his
    demands, including a repeat election, a runoff or snap elections of
    the National Assembly held under an all-party list system, had been
    rejected by the current head of state.

    Hovannisian has since been holding rallies in the capital and
    provincial towns of Armenia, claiming that he has been robbed of an
    election victory and demanding that he be recognized as legitimate
    president.

    He said the next big rally in Yerevan's Liberty Square will be held
    next Friday.

    Before that, on Monday, the Constitutional Court is due to start
    considering Hovannisian's lawsuit demanding the annulment of the
    election results and recognition of his victory.



    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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