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ARMENIAN EX-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO DISCUSS ISSUE OF NEW CABINET
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18:52 ~U 15.03.13
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian has started his rally in
Yerevan's Freedom Square.
At his press conference on Thursday, he announced his intention to
present new points of his programs.
On March 10, Mr Hovannisian decided to go on an open-ended hunger
strike.
On Friday, the writer Violet Grigoryan joined him by holding a one-day
hunger strike.
Along with the hunger strike, a group of young people are holding
a sit-in.
17:36 Heritage party Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan, who was the
first to speak at the rally, stated that Mr Hovannisian will do his
best "for not a single drop of blood to fall on the earth."
Mr Hovannisian's hunger strike is a protest at election frauds and
the last "camping site" to victory.
"Many citizens were alarmed by the fact, but I can say that Raffi
Hovannisian's will get stronger. We are waging a peaceful struggle,
and no one can strip us of it," he said.
Mr Martirosyan informed the participants of a 'public-initiated
signature-gathering campaign."
All those wishing can put their signatures to the petition, which
reads: "I, a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, welcome the newly
elected president Raffi Hovannisian's struggle, for ratification of
the Armenian people's victory and our national revival. I am ready
to fully support Raffi Hovannisian in his and our sacred struggle
and participate in new Armenia's inauguration scheduled for April 9."
17:41 The intellectual Rafael Hambartsumyan called for leading the
current situation to victory. According to him, Serzh Sargsyan does
not enjoy Armenian people's confidence, and Raffi Hovannisian's
self-sacrificing step was made for the victory to come as soon as
possible.
According to him, Armenia's authorities have the only way of "getting
rid of the people in Freedom Square."
"What do they have to do if they have nothing at all to offer? The only
thing to prevent us from coming to the square is that Serzh Sargsyan
can only unleash war against Turks and say he has started war, and
we have to go," he said.
According to him, President Serzh Sargsyan's tyranny is the same as
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's.
17:50 The Public and political figure Arkady Vardanyan called on the
Armenian Diaspora to join the struggle.
"By his self-sacrifice Armenia's newly elected president created an
unprecedented political situation, but I believe that none of the
people present here wants to see dead bodies. The only thing we want
to see is the ruling administration's death," Mr Vardanyan said.
Mr Hovannisian is not a political figure to utter mere words. "No one
can take Raffi Hovannisian from the altar - neither Serzh Sargsyan
nor Vladimir Putin or Barack Obama," he said.
If Armenia's authorities fail to realize the gravity of the situation,
more and more people will be present in Freedom Square day by day.
18:02 Zaruhi Postanjyan, a Heritage parliamentary group member, said
that "no one smiled after the Constitutional Court issued its ruling."
The reason is that, except for the claimants, all the participants
were well aware that "the judges had struck a bargain with Satan and
sold their conscience to him."
"May be Serzh Sargsyan or anyone else is the Satan, but no one felt
satisfied after that bargain."
The numerous claims "got on the nerves" of the CC president. The
claimants demanded a recount of votes in all the 1,988 polling stations
to find out the real situation.
"The claim was dismissed. You should have supported the proposal if
you are sure of yourselves. We lodged a claim for you to invite the
witnesses and members of election commissions and find out how it
happened that Serzh Sargsyan received 100% of votes with 100% voter
turnout, and Raffi Hovannisian received most of the vote with 50%
voter turnout," Mrs Postanjyan said. No judge involved in that fraud
will be forgiven, she added.
"We are not going to tolerate the people involved in the frauds and
threatening the persons that may tell the public about the frauds.
Serzh Sargsyan publicly admitted his having organized the February
18 elections," she said.
18:21 "Shame!" was the people's response to Heritage party
Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan's statement that the actor Vardan
Petrosyan had not been allowed to meet with students of French
University in Armenia.
"Veterans of the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] war have their contribution
because the blood they shed for liberation of Artsakh they shed for
Armenia's independence as well."
Mr Martirosyan read out four veterans' letters calling on Armenia's
people to unite and build up an Armenia of their dream.
18:30 Chairman of the Union of Consumers of Armenia Armen Poghosyan
noted that the Armenian people has made progress, but has not achieved
the aims many people sacrificed their life for. At present Armenians
do not have the Armenia they can peacefully live in, he said.
"Bad food may harm 50 people, but rigged elections violate the rights
of all the citizens. There is no 'good president or 'bad president',
but there is an elected or unelected president. This is our common
principle. I want you to be consistent. Municipal elections will be
held soon to be followed by elections of the Yerevan mayor. We must
not ignore the elections and we must vote and win," Mr Poghosyan said.
Raffi Hovannisian must head the list along with Stepan Demirchyan,
Armen Martirosyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Anahit Bakhshyan and others.
18:58 Suren Zolyan, former rector of Yerevan State Linguistic
University, spoke at the rally and said that Raffi Hovannisian is
really defending all the citizens' rights. "Different experts may say
that Raffi Hovannisian fails to realize what he is doing and he is a
good, but naïve man. But there is no point in discussing it, because
Raffi Hovannisian has been elected president and we must accept this
fact. No matter what his programs are, and let the loser prepare for
the next election," he said.
Although Mr Zolyan voted for Andrias Ghukasyan, he is supporting
Raffi Hovannisian now. "The ones that rigged the election are part
of our society. We must not reject them. Let us amnesty the election
riggers and set up a committee to find out all the facts," he said.
All the parties that did not participate in the presidential election
are preparing for the municipal elections. "They are doing well, but
have the election commissions changed? Injustice to the citizens is
the gravest crime. Injustice destroys the state," Mr Zolyan said.
"Raffi Hovannisian is doing right, but he will fail if we ourselves
fail to be organized," he added.
19:12 David Sanasaryan, a Heritage party member, read out a letter by
Veronika Avetyan, whose brother Vahe Avetyan was brutally beaten at
Hrasnaqar restaurant and died in hospital later. The letter reads,
in particular: "We are struggling for justice. May mothers not shed
tears and may sisters not be bereaved of their brothers. To put
an end to this atmosphere of impunity I wish you, Mr Hovannsian,
divine wisdom to be able to put the disappointed people on the right
track. We have no right to go to bed with calm conscience as long as
the blood of Vahe Avetyan and of other innocent victims is fresh."
"The murderers must answer for their crime. I swear that Vahe Avetyan's
children will live in a free, just and independent Armenia," Mr
Sanasaryan said.
19:42 Ex-presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan addressed "the high
court" where he tried to appeal the results of the Feb. 18 presidential
election in Armenia.
"The judge had not the courage to summon Serzh Sargsyan as a witness,"
he said. The court should have considered the fact that Armenia's
future and the future generations was at stake, Mr Ghukasyan said.
19:57 Nikol Pashinyan, an MP from the opposition bloc Armenian National
Congress (ANC), and Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian were
the last to speak at the rally.
Mr Pashinyan called on the rock singer Serj Tankian, world-famous
singer Charles Aznavour and the US-based billionaire Kirk Kerkorian
to support the movement. He also announced the formation of a civil
council to form an alternative government.
In his turn, Mr Hovannisian was highly critical of the statement
issued by the press office of the Holy See, which reads that he is
trying to turn the Gospel into a target of political speculations.
Mr Hovannisian was also critical of President of the European People's
Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens for his interview with Azatutyun Radio.
He noted that Europe must not "teach the Armenian people democracy."
He does not rule out the Heritage party's membership in the EPP. Mr
Hovannisian stated that discussions of Mr Pashinyan's proposal for
a civil council will start on March 17.
21:13 "Since February 18, the political situation has been dynamically
changing in Armenia, and we would like to dwell on one of the important
facts, Raffi Hovannisian's hunger-strike. Different opinions have been
voiced, which, however, do not consider the most important fact. I
think that Raffi Hovannisian's hunger-strike is a clear message to
the Armenian and international communities, which will consistently
defend the people's choice, and Serzh Sargsyan's illegal regime will
not be able to gain victory over their own people," Mr Pashinyan said.
A compromise is possible provided power is peacefully handed over to
Raffi Hovannisian, he said.
"They must realize that the people have no room for concessions.
Victory or nothing!"
"As citizens and a civil movement we have a problem to resolve -
freeing Armenia from Serzh Sargsyan regime," Mr Pashinyan said.
He called on the people to bring their families to Republic Square
on April 9, the president's inauguration day.
Mr Pashinyan also quoted Charles Aznavour, who once said that "genocide
is now being committed inside my country."
"Now you have a unique chance to stop this genocide. I am calling on
you to come to your homeland and render a historic service to it. The
people want a civil victory, nothing else. Long live our children,
who must live in free and independent Armenia," Mr Pashinyan said.
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http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/03/15/azatutyun/
18:52 ~U 15.03.13
Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian has started his rally in
Yerevan's Freedom Square.
At his press conference on Thursday, he announced his intention to
present new points of his programs.
On March 10, Mr Hovannisian decided to go on an open-ended hunger
strike.
On Friday, the writer Violet Grigoryan joined him by holding a one-day
hunger strike.
Along with the hunger strike, a group of young people are holding
a sit-in.
17:36 Heritage party Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan, who was the
first to speak at the rally, stated that Mr Hovannisian will do his
best "for not a single drop of blood to fall on the earth."
Mr Hovannisian's hunger strike is a protest at election frauds and
the last "camping site" to victory.
"Many citizens were alarmed by the fact, but I can say that Raffi
Hovannisian's will get stronger. We are waging a peaceful struggle,
and no one can strip us of it," he said.
Mr Martirosyan informed the participants of a 'public-initiated
signature-gathering campaign."
All those wishing can put their signatures to the petition, which
reads: "I, a citizen of the Republic of Armenia, welcome the newly
elected president Raffi Hovannisian's struggle, for ratification of
the Armenian people's victory and our national revival. I am ready
to fully support Raffi Hovannisian in his and our sacred struggle
and participate in new Armenia's inauguration scheduled for April 9."
17:41 The intellectual Rafael Hambartsumyan called for leading the
current situation to victory. According to him, Serzh Sargsyan does
not enjoy Armenian people's confidence, and Raffi Hovannisian's
self-sacrificing step was made for the victory to come as soon as
possible.
According to him, Armenia's authorities have the only way of "getting
rid of the people in Freedom Square."
"What do they have to do if they have nothing at all to offer? The only
thing to prevent us from coming to the square is that Serzh Sargsyan
can only unleash war against Turks and say he has started war, and
we have to go," he said.
According to him, President Serzh Sargsyan's tyranny is the same as
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's.
17:50 The Public and political figure Arkady Vardanyan called on the
Armenian Diaspora to join the struggle.
"By his self-sacrifice Armenia's newly elected president created an
unprecedented political situation, but I believe that none of the
people present here wants to see dead bodies. The only thing we want
to see is the ruling administration's death," Mr Vardanyan said.
Mr Hovannisian is not a political figure to utter mere words. "No one
can take Raffi Hovannisian from the altar - neither Serzh Sargsyan
nor Vladimir Putin or Barack Obama," he said.
If Armenia's authorities fail to realize the gravity of the situation,
more and more people will be present in Freedom Square day by day.
18:02 Zaruhi Postanjyan, a Heritage parliamentary group member, said
that "no one smiled after the Constitutional Court issued its ruling."
The reason is that, except for the claimants, all the participants
were well aware that "the judges had struck a bargain with Satan and
sold their conscience to him."
"May be Serzh Sargsyan or anyone else is the Satan, but no one felt
satisfied after that bargain."
The numerous claims "got on the nerves" of the CC president. The
claimants demanded a recount of votes in all the 1,988 polling stations
to find out the real situation.
"The claim was dismissed. You should have supported the proposal if
you are sure of yourselves. We lodged a claim for you to invite the
witnesses and members of election commissions and find out how it
happened that Serzh Sargsyan received 100% of votes with 100% voter
turnout, and Raffi Hovannisian received most of the vote with 50%
voter turnout," Mrs Postanjyan said. No judge involved in that fraud
will be forgiven, she added.
"We are not going to tolerate the people involved in the frauds and
threatening the persons that may tell the public about the frauds.
Serzh Sargsyan publicly admitted his having organized the February
18 elections," she said.
18:21 "Shame!" was the people's response to Heritage party
Vice-Chairman Armen Martirosyan's statement that the actor Vardan
Petrosyan had not been allowed to meet with students of French
University in Armenia.
"Veterans of the Artsakh [Nagorno-Karabakh] war have their contribution
because the blood they shed for liberation of Artsakh they shed for
Armenia's independence as well."
Mr Martirosyan read out four veterans' letters calling on Armenia's
people to unite and build up an Armenia of their dream.
18:30 Chairman of the Union of Consumers of Armenia Armen Poghosyan
noted that the Armenian people has made progress, but has not achieved
the aims many people sacrificed their life for. At present Armenians
do not have the Armenia they can peacefully live in, he said.
"Bad food may harm 50 people, but rigged elections violate the rights
of all the citizens. There is no 'good president or 'bad president',
but there is an elected or unelected president. This is our common
principle. I want you to be consistent. Municipal elections will be
held soon to be followed by elections of the Yerevan mayor. We must
not ignore the elections and we must vote and win," Mr Poghosyan said.
Raffi Hovannisian must head the list along with Stepan Demirchyan,
Armen Martirosyan, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Anahit Bakhshyan and others.
18:58 Suren Zolyan, former rector of Yerevan State Linguistic
University, spoke at the rally and said that Raffi Hovannisian is
really defending all the citizens' rights. "Different experts may say
that Raffi Hovannisian fails to realize what he is doing and he is a
good, but naïve man. But there is no point in discussing it, because
Raffi Hovannisian has been elected president and we must accept this
fact. No matter what his programs are, and let the loser prepare for
the next election," he said.
Although Mr Zolyan voted for Andrias Ghukasyan, he is supporting
Raffi Hovannisian now. "The ones that rigged the election are part
of our society. We must not reject them. Let us amnesty the election
riggers and set up a committee to find out all the facts," he said.
All the parties that did not participate in the presidential election
are preparing for the municipal elections. "They are doing well, but
have the election commissions changed? Injustice to the citizens is
the gravest crime. Injustice destroys the state," Mr Zolyan said.
"Raffi Hovannisian is doing right, but he will fail if we ourselves
fail to be organized," he added.
19:12 David Sanasaryan, a Heritage party member, read out a letter by
Veronika Avetyan, whose brother Vahe Avetyan was brutally beaten at
Hrasnaqar restaurant and died in hospital later. The letter reads,
in particular: "We are struggling for justice. May mothers not shed
tears and may sisters not be bereaved of their brothers. To put
an end to this atmosphere of impunity I wish you, Mr Hovannsian,
divine wisdom to be able to put the disappointed people on the right
track. We have no right to go to bed with calm conscience as long as
the blood of Vahe Avetyan and of other innocent victims is fresh."
"The murderers must answer for their crime. I swear that Vahe Avetyan's
children will live in a free, just and independent Armenia," Mr
Sanasaryan said.
19:42 Ex-presidential candidate Andrias Ghukasyan addressed "the high
court" where he tried to appeal the results of the Feb. 18 presidential
election in Armenia.
"The judge had not the courage to summon Serzh Sargsyan as a witness,"
he said. The court should have considered the fact that Armenia's
future and the future generations was at stake, Mr Ghukasyan said.
19:57 Nikol Pashinyan, an MP from the opposition bloc Armenian National
Congress (ANC), and Heritage party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian were
the last to speak at the rally.
Mr Pashinyan called on the rock singer Serj Tankian, world-famous
singer Charles Aznavour and the US-based billionaire Kirk Kerkorian
to support the movement. He also announced the formation of a civil
council to form an alternative government.
In his turn, Mr Hovannisian was highly critical of the statement
issued by the press office of the Holy See, which reads that he is
trying to turn the Gospel into a target of political speculations.
Mr Hovannisian was also critical of President of the European People's
Party (EPP) Wilfried Martens for his interview with Azatutyun Radio.
He noted that Europe must not "teach the Armenian people democracy."
He does not rule out the Heritage party's membership in the EPP. Mr
Hovannisian stated that discussions of Mr Pashinyan's proposal for
a civil council will start on March 17.
21:13 "Since February 18, the political situation has been dynamically
changing in Armenia, and we would like to dwell on one of the important
facts, Raffi Hovannisian's hunger-strike. Different opinions have been
voiced, which, however, do not consider the most important fact. I
think that Raffi Hovannisian's hunger-strike is a clear message to
the Armenian and international communities, which will consistently
defend the people's choice, and Serzh Sargsyan's illegal regime will
not be able to gain victory over their own people," Mr Pashinyan said.
A compromise is possible provided power is peacefully handed over to
Raffi Hovannisian, he said.
"They must realize that the people have no room for concessions.
Victory or nothing!"
"As citizens and a civil movement we have a problem to resolve -
freeing Armenia from Serzh Sargsyan regime," Mr Pashinyan said.
He called on the people to bring their families to Republic Square
on April 9, the president's inauguration day.
Mr Pashinyan also quoted Charles Aznavour, who once said that "genocide
is now being committed inside my country."
"Now you have a unique chance to stop this genocide. I am calling on
you to come to your homeland and render a historic service to it. The
people want a civil victory, nothing else. Long live our children,
who must live in free and independent Armenia," Mr Pashinyan said.
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http://www.tert.am/en/video/zFtx09UxWWM/
http://www.tert.am/en/video/myN49rP0d9M/
http://www.tert.am/en/video/QNrFSleDp9c/
http://www.tert.am/en/video/1vgijSBYtEk/
http://www.tert.am/en/video/pfSAeAZ2138/
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