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    `Over My Dead Body': Hovannisian Announces Hunger Strike

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2013/03/10/over-my-dead-body-hovannisian-announces-hunger-strike/
    March 10, 2013


    YEREVAN (A.W.) - Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian just said at a
    barevolution rally on Freedom Square in Yerevan that Serge Sarkisian
    will be sworn in as president `over my dead body,' adding that he will
    start a hunger strike on the square.



    Raffi Hovannisian address thousands gathered on Freedom Square last
    month. (Photo by Khatchig Mouradian)
    `I am starting a hunger strike. I will not eat, and I will not accept
    deception and threats from anyone,' Hovannisian said.

    `If on April 9, Sarkisian takes his fake oath on the Holy Bible, and
    if the Catholicos desecrates the Bible and blesses the candidate
    [Sarkisian] who mocks the people, then that will happen over my dead
    body,' he said.

    Until April 9, Mr. Sarkisian should accept the demand of the
    overwhelming majority of the population, recognize the victory of the
    people, and resign, noted Hovannisian.

    Hovannisian also demanded the resignation of all governors. Having
    appealed to the Constitutional Court to present its verdict on the
    presidential election, he added, `If the Constitutional Court does not
    correct its path, we will say goodbye to them too, and we will create
    our own court on the square.'

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