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HUNGER-STRIKE DAY 3: FORMER CANDIDATE AVOIDS TALKING TO REPORTERS (PHOTOS)
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/12/raffi-hungerstrike/
11:30 ~U 12.03.13
President Sargsyan's runner-up in the February 18 election, the
opposition Heritage party's leader is on a hunger-strike at Yerevan's
Liberty Square for the third consecutive day.
Raffi Hovhannisian avoided talking to journalists visiting him Tuesday
morning, promising to do that only once a day - at news conferences
to be held every evening at 5:00.
Instead, the former opposition candidate reads the daily press in
morning. His wife, Armenuhi, was with him today, together with other
supporters. Passers-by would occasionally approach the politician
with questions or advice.
Hovhannisian, who disputes the official voting results, declared
an open-ended hunger-strike after his Sunday rally, demanding the
re-elected president's withdrawal.
Also at Liberty Square, several young activists are holding a sit-in
protest on the stairs leading to the Opera House. One of them, David
Sanasaryan of the Heritage party, told our correspondent that the
night saw no incident at the protest site.
"We talked together and sang, so nothing special happened. We saw
almost no policeman. Thirty of us started the hunger-strike yesterday,
but we were 100-150 at the peak moment. They will start gathering soon,
so will be here, keeping watch all day round," he said.
Sanasaryan promised that the group will be standing by the Heritage
leader until the end of his campaign.
According to the official voting results, President Serzh Sargsyan won
the election 58,64% of votes, with Hovhannisian receiving only 63,75%.
The former candidate claims the election was tainted by fraud to
secure the incumbent's second term.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/12/raffi-hungerstrike/
11:30 ~U 12.03.13
President Sargsyan's runner-up in the February 18 election, the
opposition Heritage party's leader is on a hunger-strike at Yerevan's
Liberty Square for the third consecutive day.
Raffi Hovhannisian avoided talking to journalists visiting him Tuesday
morning, promising to do that only once a day - at news conferences
to be held every evening at 5:00.
Instead, the former opposition candidate reads the daily press in
morning. His wife, Armenuhi, was with him today, together with other
supporters. Passers-by would occasionally approach the politician
with questions or advice.
Hovhannisian, who disputes the official voting results, declared
an open-ended hunger-strike after his Sunday rally, demanding the
re-elected president's withdrawal.
Also at Liberty Square, several young activists are holding a sit-in
protest on the stairs leading to the Opera House. One of them, David
Sanasaryan of the Heritage party, told our correspondent that the
night saw no incident at the protest site.
"We talked together and sang, so nothing special happened. We saw
almost no policeman. Thirty of us started the hunger-strike yesterday,
but we were 100-150 at the peak moment. They will start gathering soon,
so will be here, keeping watch all day round," he said.
Sanasaryan promised that the group will be standing by the Heritage
leader until the end of his campaign.
According to the official voting results, President Serzh Sargsyan won
the election 58,64% of votes, with Hovhannisian receiving only 63,75%.
The former candidate claims the election was tainted by fraud to
secure the incumbent's second term.