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MARCH 15 - BAREVOLUTION IN FREEDOM SQUARE
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19:43, March 15, 2013
Chants of "Armenia, Armenia" ushered Raffi Hovannisian to the platform
today at Freedom Square.
Thousands filled the square on a mild late afternoon to hear what
Raffi Hovannisian had to say about his declared strike against lies
and fraud.
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan reassured the crowd that
Hovannisian was in good spirits and health and that he was determined
to direct this popular movement to its logical conclusion.
Martirosyan declared the launch of a signature petition where citizens
could express their opposition to the scheduled April 9 inauguration
of Serzh Sargsyan.
Heritage Party MP Zaruhie Postanjyan referred to the members of the
Constitutional Court, which yesterday rejected the election annulment
petitions of Hovannisian, as judges who made a transaction with
the devil.
She said that all their motions had been rejected by the court.
Postanjyan, in a veiled reference to the Nemesis operation that hunted
down the pepetrators of the 1915 Armenian Genocicde, declared that
the Armenian people would not tolerate those today who violate the
law of the land and stand in the way of justice and democracy.
The MP announced that Serzh Sargsyan, as the organizer of the February
18 election, was also responsible for its being fraudulent and rigged.
Members of the Sardarapat Movement also took the stage and asked the
people if they were ready to form an army to inaugurate Hovannisian
as the legitimately president of Armenia. They forcefully responded,
"Yes".
Heritage Party speakers also announced the formation of a Barev
Development Fund in order to collect money for creating websites
and other communication vehicles to convey the message and further
actions of the movement.
Speakers, including a former Regional Governor, ridiculed the slogan
used by Serzh Sargsyan five years ago when, during his campaign, he
declared "Forward Armenia". The Governor said that Sargsyan and state
officials had indeed gone forward in the sense of lining their pockets.
One of the military doctors who was brutally beaten at the Harsnakar
Restaurant last year addressed the crowd and announced that while,
due to his physical injuries, he couldn't participate to the extent
that he had wished, he was with the people in spirit. He called for
an Armenia free of intimidation, violence and disrespect for the law.
Andreas Ghoukasyan, a presidential candidate who staged a hunger strike
throughout the campaign, told the crowd that the Constitutional Court
didn't display the courage to call Serzh Sargsyan as a witness and
question him regarding his public statement that he had "organized"
the election.
Nikol Pashinyan gave an impassioned speech saying that there was
no room for compromise and that the prime task of the day was the
drafting of the principles for the formation of a new government.
He said the public would be fully incorporated into the process.
Pashinyan called for thousands to come out on April 9, inauguration
day, to protest the illegal swearing in ceremony of Serzh Sargsyan.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/24494/march-15-%E2%80%93-barevolution-in-freedom-square.html
19:43, March 15, 2013
Chants of "Armenia, Armenia" ushered Raffi Hovannisian to the platform
today at Freedom Square.
Thousands filled the square on a mild late afternoon to hear what
Raffi Hovannisian had to say about his declared strike against lies
and fraud.
Heritage Party MP Armen Martirosyan reassured the crowd that
Hovannisian was in good spirits and health and that he was determined
to direct this popular movement to its logical conclusion.
Martirosyan declared the launch of a signature petition where citizens
could express their opposition to the scheduled April 9 inauguration
of Serzh Sargsyan.
Heritage Party MP Zaruhie Postanjyan referred to the members of the
Constitutional Court, which yesterday rejected the election annulment
petitions of Hovannisian, as judges who made a transaction with
the devil.
She said that all their motions had been rejected by the court.
Postanjyan, in a veiled reference to the Nemesis operation that hunted
down the pepetrators of the 1915 Armenian Genocicde, declared that
the Armenian people would not tolerate those today who violate the
law of the land and stand in the way of justice and democracy.
The MP announced that Serzh Sargsyan, as the organizer of the February
18 election, was also responsible for its being fraudulent and rigged.
Members of the Sardarapat Movement also took the stage and asked the
people if they were ready to form an army to inaugurate Hovannisian
as the legitimately president of Armenia. They forcefully responded,
"Yes".
Heritage Party speakers also announced the formation of a Barev
Development Fund in order to collect money for creating websites
and other communication vehicles to convey the message and further
actions of the movement.
Speakers, including a former Regional Governor, ridiculed the slogan
used by Serzh Sargsyan five years ago when, during his campaign, he
declared "Forward Armenia". The Governor said that Sargsyan and state
officials had indeed gone forward in the sense of lining their pockets.
One of the military doctors who was brutally beaten at the Harsnakar
Restaurant last year addressed the crowd and announced that while,
due to his physical injuries, he couldn't participate to the extent
that he had wished, he was with the people in spirit. He called for
an Armenia free of intimidation, violence and disrespect for the law.
Andreas Ghoukasyan, a presidential candidate who staged a hunger strike
throughout the campaign, told the crowd that the Constitutional Court
didn't display the courage to call Serzh Sargsyan as a witness and
question him regarding his public statement that he had "organized"
the election.
Nikol Pashinyan gave an impassioned speech saying that there was
no room for compromise and that the prime task of the day was the
drafting of the principles for the formation of a new government.
He said the public would be fully incorporated into the process.
Pashinyan called for thousands to come out on April 9, inauguration
day, to protest the illegal swearing in ceremony of Serzh Sargsyan.