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RAFFI HOVANNISIAN DENOUNCES COMMENTS BY CATHOLICOS OF ALL ARMENIANS GAREGIN II
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Raffi K. Hovannisian's hunger strike continued at Liberty Square.
During one of his speeches at a rally, Hovannisian denounced a
statement released by the office of Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme
leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church who was quick to congratulate
Serzh Sargsyan a day after his "victory." The statement criticized
Hovannisian's hunger strike and democratic movement. "Church and
state should not be appendages of one another," Hovannisian said. "Do
not politicize our church and insert the Virgin Mary into a civic
struggle."
Raffi Hovannisian also strongly condemned recent comments by European
People's Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens for disgracing
European values in his praise of Serzh Sargsyan's election theft and
his tone-deaf comments regarding the falsified election results. "How
does he know that I expected 20 percent and must be happy with 37
percent? Whose script is he reading? You can guess," Hovannisian said.
"If this is Europe, then it looks like Armenia will have to teach
Europe about the highest European values and not the other way around."
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Raffi K. Hovannisian's hunger strike continued at Liberty Square.
During one of his speeches at a rally, Hovannisian denounced a
statement released by the office of Catholicos Garegin II, the supreme
leader of the Armenian Apostolic Church who was quick to congratulate
Serzh Sargsyan a day after his "victory." The statement criticized
Hovannisian's hunger strike and democratic movement. "Church and
state should not be appendages of one another," Hovannisian said. "Do
not politicize our church and insert the Virgin Mary into a civic
struggle."
Raffi Hovannisian also strongly condemned recent comments by European
People's Party (EPP) President Wilfried Martens for disgracing
European values in his praise of Serzh Sargsyan's election theft and
his tone-deaf comments regarding the falsified election results. "How
does he know that I expected 20 percent and must be happy with 37
percent? Whose script is he reading? You can guess," Hovannisian said.
"If this is Europe, then it looks like Armenia will have to teach
Europe about the highest European values and not the other way around."
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