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'EITHER NEW ELECTIONS OR PEOPLE DECIDE WHAT THEY DO' - ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE - VIDEO
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/14/raffi-hovhannisyan-pc/
17:12 ~U 14.03.13
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian's press conference has
kicked off in Yerevan's Freedom Square.
Further details will be available soon.
17:12 Mr Hovannisian asked the attendees to pay homage to the memory
of the great Armenian painter Hakob Hakobyan, who has been buried
today. He also asked the people to pay homage to the memory of the
writer and satirist Aramais Sahakyan and of the mother of Director
of Azatutyun Radio Hrair Tamrazyan, both of whom have died today.
17:40 He welcomed the people that support his idea of setting up a
tent in Freedom Square. He demanded that the "issue be closed" until
the policemen on duty themselves set up the tent by Chief of Police
Vladimir Gasparyan.
"Now when General Gasparyan considers it appropriate, his conscience
troubles him and my health requires, let him order our policemen to
set up this tent. The question is closed," Mr Hovannisian said.
He stressed he will now allow any clashes between the people and
policemen.
Heritage party Political Secretary Styopa Safaryan read out a statement
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan made in
2011, when Mr Hovannisian was on a hunger strike and proposed setting
up a tent in Freedom Square.
At his meeting with Mr Hovannisian, Armenia's Ombudsman re-affirmed
his stance.
"Our all people have gathered here, and I will not allow our common
victory to fail to be celebrated," Mr Hovannisian said.
18:05 With respect to the opinion that his hunger strike is a means of
blackmailing Armenia's authorities, Mr Hovannisian said he does not
care about the opinions voiced by Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
members, "especially the ones unaware of the people's real situation."
He addressed the domestic political situation in Armenia.
What the people did on February 18 was a surprise to Armenia's
authorities.
"My political demand that they must recognize their own people's
constitutional right - power belongs to the people. I went to Serzh
Sargsyan and presented the situation for the people's victory to be
recognized. But all of my proposals were rejected. I said to him:
'Let us debate and create a new culture, but he refused. Let us punish
all those involved in election frauds and ballot box stuffing, but
he refused," Mr Hovannisian said.
Armenia's president also rejected Mr Hovannisian's proposal for snap
parliamentary elections by proportional representation.
"If them want to come to Freedom Square and present his proposal,
I will listen to him and decide whether I accept them or not. So
either new elections or the people decide what they do after April 9,"
he said.
"On April 9, I am going to speak before the people and present my
proposals and demands, ask the people for advice," he said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXZihHcE98
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/14/raffi-hovhannisyan-pc/
17:12 ~U 14.03.13
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian's press conference has
kicked off in Yerevan's Freedom Square.
Further details will be available soon.
17:12 Mr Hovannisian asked the attendees to pay homage to the memory
of the great Armenian painter Hakob Hakobyan, who has been buried
today. He also asked the people to pay homage to the memory of the
writer and satirist Aramais Sahakyan and of the mother of Director
of Azatutyun Radio Hrair Tamrazyan, both of whom have died today.
17:40 He welcomed the people that support his idea of setting up a
tent in Freedom Square. He demanded that the "issue be closed" until
the policemen on duty themselves set up the tent by Chief of Police
Vladimir Gasparyan.
"Now when General Gasparyan considers it appropriate, his conscience
troubles him and my health requires, let him order our policemen to
set up this tent. The question is closed," Mr Hovannisian said.
He stressed he will now allow any clashes between the people and
policemen.
Heritage party Political Secretary Styopa Safaryan read out a statement
Armenia's Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Karen Andreasyan made in
2011, when Mr Hovannisian was on a hunger strike and proposed setting
up a tent in Freedom Square.
At his meeting with Mr Hovannisian, Armenia's Ombudsman re-affirmed
his stance.
"Our all people have gathered here, and I will not allow our common
victory to fail to be celebrated," Mr Hovannisian said.
18:05 With respect to the opinion that his hunger strike is a means of
blackmailing Armenia's authorities, Mr Hovannisian said he does not
care about the opinions voiced by Republican Party of Armenia (RPA)
members, "especially the ones unaware of the people's real situation."
He addressed the domestic political situation in Armenia.
What the people did on February 18 was a surprise to Armenia's
authorities.
"My political demand that they must recognize their own people's
constitutional right - power belongs to the people. I went to Serzh
Sargsyan and presented the situation for the people's victory to be
recognized. But all of my proposals were rejected. I said to him:
'Let us debate and create a new culture, but he refused. Let us punish
all those involved in election frauds and ballot box stuffing, but
he refused," Mr Hovannisian said.
Armenia's president also rejected Mr Hovannisian's proposal for snap
parliamentary elections by proportional representation.
"If them want to come to Freedom Square and present his proposal,
I will listen to him and decide whether I accept them or not. So
either new elections or the people decide what they do after April 9,"
he said.
"On April 9, I am going to speak before the people and present my
proposals and demands, ask the people for advice," he said.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJXZihHcE98