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IF MARTENS' VIEW BECOMES OFFICIAL, HERITAGE WILL REVIEW ITS EPP MEMBERSHIP - RAFFI HOVANNISIAN (VIDEO)
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March 18, 2013 | 13:21
YEREVAN. - If European People's Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens'
view becomes the general position of EPP, Armenia's Heritage Party
will review its membership in this organization. Opposition Heritage
Party leader, former FM Raffi Hovannisian-who is declared runner-up
to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of
the presidential election that was conducted on February 18, but who
claims to be the real winner in the vote and who declared a hunger
strike on March 10 at capital city Yerevan's Liberty Square-stated
this during a press conference at the square on Monday.
Reflecting on the EPP chief's demeanor, Hovannisian specifically said
as follows:
"If his demeanor is Europe, we do not need that Europe. If Martens'
view becomes the view of the assembly, Heritage will review its
membership in this organization, considering that Europe is not true
to itself and Armenia will not fall into that water. As a member party,
we also will demand the resignation of Martens."
To note, in response to Heritage's recent open letter that was
addressed to him, Wilfried Martens had considered the accusations
the party had made against him to be baseless.
"Perhaps Serzh Sargsyan's challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, received
much more than the votes he [actually] expected, and maybe now he
has illusions that he could have received the majority [of the votes].
[But] the reality is that, in the first round of elections, the
incumbent president received the majority of the votes," the European
People's Party President had stated in particular.
http://news.am/eng/news/144906.html
March 18, 2013 | 13:21
YEREVAN. - If European People's Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens'
view becomes the general position of EPP, Armenia's Heritage Party
will review its membership in this organization. Opposition Heritage
Party leader, former FM Raffi Hovannisian-who is declared runner-up
to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of
the presidential election that was conducted on February 18, but who
claims to be the real winner in the vote and who declared a hunger
strike on March 10 at capital city Yerevan's Liberty Square-stated
this during a press conference at the square on Monday.
Reflecting on the EPP chief's demeanor, Hovannisian specifically said
as follows:
"If his demeanor is Europe, we do not need that Europe. If Martens'
view becomes the view of the assembly, Heritage will review its
membership in this organization, considering that Europe is not true
to itself and Armenia will not fall into that water. As a member party,
we also will demand the resignation of Martens."
To note, in response to Heritage's recent open letter that was
addressed to him, Wilfried Martens had considered the accusations
the party had made against him to be baseless.
"Perhaps Serzh Sargsyan's challenger, Raffi Hovannisian, received
much more than the votes he [actually] expected, and maybe now he
has illusions that he could have received the majority [of the votes].
[But] the reality is that, in the first round of elections, the
incumbent president received the majority of the votes," the European
People's Party President had stated in particular.