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NO EXCLUSIVE RELATIONS WITH ANYONE - RAFFI HOVANNISIAN ON NATIONAL CONSENT GOVERNMENT
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/11/raffi-hungerstrike-interview/
13:08 ~U 11.03.13
A number of people, including singer Ruben Hakhverdyan, former
presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan, ANC MP Nikol Pashinyan
and other citizens have been visiting Heritage party's leader Raffi
Hovannisian who is hunger striking from March 10 in the Liberty
Square.Tert.am spoke with the party's leader about his decision and
the responses of the ruling party.
- Mr Hovannisian, Sardarapat movement is for creation of alternative
legislative and executive bodies of national consent to ensure
transition of power, etc. Have you discussed issue of nominations
with the forces who joined you?
- I do not know which forces back me, but I think, the forces who
are speaking about being by people's side, party leaders, political,
civil movements must realize that if two months before neither of them
believed in the eruption of lawfulness, demonstration of the spirit's
will, now everyone is concerned, everyone is speaking about it, many of
them are in the square. But I must say that no issue of personalities
has been discussed. At March 15 rally we may have a dialogue with the
present citizens over the issue but the most important thing is the
realization that the people have brought this victory and I am not
going to have exclusive relations with anyone. I do not exclude that
discussions will take place and that we will have the prototypes of
executive and judicial powers, as we are going to have new Armenia
from April 9.
- Do you have any nominations, prototypes, in this judicial system
or elsewhere?
- If you are speaking about individuals, in my mind I have many good
candidates for each service, each office, but I do not have concrete
names for concrete offices. There are many devoted young people,
specialists, belonging to different parties.
I think the national consent government is to be created in this
square but people are to participate in the process.
- Mr Hovannisian, Republican party's faction secretary Hovannes
Sahakyan described your step as blackmailing.
- Senseless, anti-national, coward descriptions. I have no response.
Those who want may express their viewpoint, but blackmailing, anarchy,
destabilization came from those speaking like this, who rigged the
votes of our people on February 18 in favor of their candidate. So
no one should ascribe to others the features they have. If on April
9 Serzh Sargsyan gives his false oath this will be state blackmailing
and sin. And having regular illegitimate president we will essentially
weaken Armenia's national interests.
- Do you have a "Plan B" in case Serzh Sargsyan does not resign and
the situation becomes uncertain and you face a deadlock?
- Mr Sargsyan with his party and their behavior on the election day
tried to bring the Armenian people to a deadlock, but the Armenian
people said they will no longer tolerate the deadlock based on frauds,
fear and lie. I have stated yesterday that I will wait till April 9
and will expect that no false oath will take place on that day and
our Constitution and Bible will not be desecrated. If in any case
they will fail to demonstrate bravery, Christian approach, we will
continue our plan A, and they should think of plan B for themselves.
- Your call to resign is addressed to Serzh Sargsyan. What expectations
do you have from international observers who may probably come to
visit you?
- I do not have any expectations from anyone, but you may read
the interim report of the observers which gives an opportunity to
understand what the future and final report will be. They do not need
to speak with me, they have already registered the widely spread
frauds, especially in places where more than 70% voter turnout was
registered. So, the international observers have registered the truth,
which I welcome.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/11/raffi-hungerstrike-interview/
13:08 ~U 11.03.13
A number of people, including singer Ruben Hakhverdyan, former
presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan, ANC MP Nikol Pashinyan
and other citizens have been visiting Heritage party's leader Raffi
Hovannisian who is hunger striking from March 10 in the Liberty
Square.Tert.am spoke with the party's leader about his decision and
the responses of the ruling party.
- Mr Hovannisian, Sardarapat movement is for creation of alternative
legislative and executive bodies of national consent to ensure
transition of power, etc. Have you discussed issue of nominations
with the forces who joined you?
- I do not know which forces back me, but I think, the forces who
are speaking about being by people's side, party leaders, political,
civil movements must realize that if two months before neither of them
believed in the eruption of lawfulness, demonstration of the spirit's
will, now everyone is concerned, everyone is speaking about it, many of
them are in the square. But I must say that no issue of personalities
has been discussed. At March 15 rally we may have a dialogue with the
present citizens over the issue but the most important thing is the
realization that the people have brought this victory and I am not
going to have exclusive relations with anyone. I do not exclude that
discussions will take place and that we will have the prototypes of
executive and judicial powers, as we are going to have new Armenia
from April 9.
- Do you have any nominations, prototypes, in this judicial system
or elsewhere?
- If you are speaking about individuals, in my mind I have many good
candidates for each service, each office, but I do not have concrete
names for concrete offices. There are many devoted young people,
specialists, belonging to different parties.
I think the national consent government is to be created in this
square but people are to participate in the process.
- Mr Hovannisian, Republican party's faction secretary Hovannes
Sahakyan described your step as blackmailing.
- Senseless, anti-national, coward descriptions. I have no response.
Those who want may express their viewpoint, but blackmailing, anarchy,
destabilization came from those speaking like this, who rigged the
votes of our people on February 18 in favor of their candidate. So
no one should ascribe to others the features they have. If on April
9 Serzh Sargsyan gives his false oath this will be state blackmailing
and sin. And having regular illegitimate president we will essentially
weaken Armenia's national interests.
- Do you have a "Plan B" in case Serzh Sargsyan does not resign and
the situation becomes uncertain and you face a deadlock?
- Mr Sargsyan with his party and their behavior on the election day
tried to bring the Armenian people to a deadlock, but the Armenian
people said they will no longer tolerate the deadlock based on frauds,
fear and lie. I have stated yesterday that I will wait till April 9
and will expect that no false oath will take place on that day and
our Constitution and Bible will not be desecrated. If in any case
they will fail to demonstrate bravery, Christian approach, we will
continue our plan A, and they should think of plan B for themselves.
- Your call to resign is addressed to Serzh Sargsyan. What expectations
do you have from international observers who may probably come to
visit you?
- I do not have any expectations from anyone, but you may read
the interim report of the observers which gives an opportunity to
understand what the future and final report will be. They do not need
to speak with me, they have already registered the widely spread
frauds, especially in places where more than 70% voter turnout was
registered. So, the international observers have registered the truth,
which I welcome.