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RAFFI HOVANNISIAN LEADS MOVEMENT OF NATIONAL TASKS - HELLO REVOLUTION REP
TERT.AM
20:11 ~U 27.03.13
Izabella Abgaryan, a member of the Barev Heghapokhutyun (Hello
Revolution), made a speech at the 9th meeting of the public council in
Freedom Square in Yerevan.
Addressing the talks about an end to the struggle, she said: "We
should realize that we should not link this movement to Raffi
Hovannisian alone. During the very first days he forbade us to cry out
his name, but told us to cry out Armenia."
"They can cry down Raffi Hovannisian or the Heritage party, but they
cannot cry down the whole people," Ms Abragyan said.
She noted the importance of individual involvement in the struggle.
People must realize that this movement is not "for a month or a year."
The movement will be in effect during Raffi Hovannisian's presidency
as well.
"This movement has important national tasks - not just allowing one to
fill the post of president, but building a really new Armenia.
Even if this square gets empty, we must be sure that we will gather in
any of Yerevan's streets should any injustice be done," she said.
With respect to other civil societies, Ms Abgaryan said that people
there do not normally expect their leader to call on them to defend
their rights.
"You can see strikes and demonstrations and other actions people
organize. What about us? We stage protests once in five years. Any
real changes are impossible to achieve in this case, because we must
protest whenever rights are violated," she said.
With respect to Mr Hovannisian's proposals sent to Armenia's President
Serzh Sargsyan, Ms Abgaryan noted they caused "political retrading" in
social networks.
"You should not measure others against your own yardstick. If Mr
Hovannsian were seeking 'uproars' he would have created such an
'uproar' back on February 19, and you would have never know anything
about that. Many political figures did so, did not they?"
From: Baghdasarian
TERT.AM
20:11 ~U 27.03.13
Izabella Abgaryan, a member of the Barev Heghapokhutyun (Hello
Revolution), made a speech at the 9th meeting of the public council in
Freedom Square in Yerevan.
Addressing the talks about an end to the struggle, she said: "We
should realize that we should not link this movement to Raffi
Hovannisian alone. During the very first days he forbade us to cry out
his name, but told us to cry out Armenia."
"They can cry down Raffi Hovannisian or the Heritage party, but they
cannot cry down the whole people," Ms Abragyan said.
She noted the importance of individual involvement in the struggle.
People must realize that this movement is not "for a month or a year."
The movement will be in effect during Raffi Hovannisian's presidency
as well.
"This movement has important national tasks - not just allowing one to
fill the post of president, but building a really new Armenia.
Even if this square gets empty, we must be sure that we will gather in
any of Yerevan's streets should any injustice be done," she said.
With respect to other civil societies, Ms Abgaryan said that people
there do not normally expect their leader to call on them to defend
their rights.
"You can see strikes and demonstrations and other actions people
organize. What about us? We stage protests once in five years. Any
real changes are impossible to achieve in this case, because we must
protest whenever rights are violated," she said.
With respect to Mr Hovannisian's proposals sent to Armenia's President
Serzh Sargsyan, Ms Abgaryan noted they caused "political retrading" in
social networks.
"You should not measure others against your own yardstick. If Mr
Hovannsian were seeking 'uproars' he would have created such an
'uproar' back on February 19, and you would have never know anything
about that. Many political figures did so, did not they?"
From: Baghdasarian