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USA-BASED ARMENIAN JOURNALIST ACCUSES SERZH SARGSYAN OF CORRUPTION AND DEMANDS OBAMA TO RETRACT HIS CONGRATULATIONS TO INCUMBENT PRESIDENT OF ARMENIA
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 19, 12:36
Ara K. Manoogian is a Burbank resident, a human rights activist;
investigative journalist, has announced hunger strike demanding US
President Barack Obama to retract his congratulations to incumbent
president of Armenia. The journalists went on hunger strike on Burbank,
where Congressman Adam Schiff's office is located.
Manookian says that according to WikiLeaks, the U.S. Government is
well aware that Serzh Sargsyan is one of the most corrupt leaders among
Post-Soviet republics. As Armenia's #1 oligarch, he has manipulated the
country's laws and rigged elections in order to control at least half
of Armenia's most lucrative sectors and enterprises. "I shall continue
my hunger strike until U.S. President Barack Obama retracts his
congratulations, which legitimize the official Armenian Presidential
election results, skewed in favor of the corrupt incumbent, Serzh
Sargsyan, and ignoring popular sovereignty as a cornerstone of
democracy," Manoogian says/
Starting February 19 Raffi Hovannisian, who took the second place in
the presidential race, has been rallying against the official result
of the election. On March 10 he announced a hunger strike till April 9,
the day of the incumbent president's inauguration. Some representatives
of the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, and representatives of over
20 NGOs have joined Hovannisian's movement called "Barevolution"
("Greetings Revolution").
ARMINFO
Tuesday, March 19, 12:36
Ara K. Manoogian is a Burbank resident, a human rights activist;
investigative journalist, has announced hunger strike demanding US
President Barack Obama to retract his congratulations to incumbent
president of Armenia. The journalists went on hunger strike on Burbank,
where Congressman Adam Schiff's office is located.
Manookian says that according to WikiLeaks, the U.S. Government is
well aware that Serzh Sargsyan is one of the most corrupt leaders among
Post-Soviet republics. As Armenia's #1 oligarch, he has manipulated the
country's laws and rigged elections in order to control at least half
of Armenia's most lucrative sectors and enterprises. "I shall continue
my hunger strike until U.S. President Barack Obama retracts his
congratulations, which legitimize the official Armenian Presidential
election results, skewed in favor of the corrupt incumbent, Serzh
Sargsyan, and ignoring popular sovereignty as a cornerstone of
democracy," Manoogian says/
Starting February 19 Raffi Hovannisian, who took the second place in
the presidential race, has been rallying against the official result
of the election. On March 10 he announced a hunger strike till April 9,
the day of the incumbent president's inauguration. Some representatives
of the Armenian National Congress, ARFD, and representatives of over
20 NGOs have joined Hovannisian's movement called "Barevolution"
("Greetings Revolution").