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I am proud of Zaruhi Postanjyan - Armenian opposition party leader
October 05, 2013 | 15:55
YEREVAN. - Zaruhi Postanjyan has the freedom to express her view, and
she exercised that freedom.
Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Chairman, ex-presidential
candidate and former FM, Raffi Hovannisian told the aforesaid
toArmenian News-NEWS.am.
He responded to the query as to whether or not the question, which
Postanjyan - who is Heritage's National Assembly Faction Secretary and
member of Armenia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) - had posed to President Serzh Sargsyan in the
recent PACE session, had been sanctioned by the party earlier.
`Zaruhi Postanjyan is an established politician; I am very proud of
her. She has her unique style and substance. One should not be afraid
of representing the people's interests,' Hovannisian said.
In his words, if it were not for the limited time to pose a question,
Heritage's MP would have said lot more at PACE.
`I believe Zaruhi said too little,' Hovannisian said.
As per the opposition party leader, the MP's question was, `a more
direct, human, [and] a simpler question.'
Raffi Hovannisian stated, however, that he did not like President's
Sargsyan's response to the question.
`Any public person should be able to calmly answer questions,' he added.
As per Hovannisian, what Postanjyan did is a lesson.
`It was a lesson, an elementary civic education. Any official shall be
accountable to the people,' Raffi Hovannisian maintained.
To note, during the question and answer session at Wednesday's PACE
plenary session in Strasbourg, France, Zaruhi Postanjyan had asked
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan the following question:
`You have appeared here [in the PACE session] not by the will of the
people, but [rather] as a consequence of organized crime, the theft of
the Armenian people's vote. Therefore you cannot de jure represent the
will and right of the Armenian people. [So,] I'll give you another
question. Have you been to a casino in Europe and lost 70 million
euros there? And who paid that amount in your stead?'
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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October 05, 2013 | 15:55
YEREVAN. - Zaruhi Postanjyan has the freedom to express her view, and
she exercised that freedom.
Armenia's opposition Heritage Party Chairman, ex-presidential
candidate and former FM, Raffi Hovannisian told the aforesaid
toArmenian News-NEWS.am.
He responded to the query as to whether or not the question, which
Postanjyan - who is Heritage's National Assembly Faction Secretary and
member of Armenia's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the
Council of Europe (PACE) - had posed to President Serzh Sargsyan in the
recent PACE session, had been sanctioned by the party earlier.
`Zaruhi Postanjyan is an established politician; I am very proud of
her. She has her unique style and substance. One should not be afraid
of representing the people's interests,' Hovannisian said.
In his words, if it were not for the limited time to pose a question,
Heritage's MP would have said lot more at PACE.
`I believe Zaruhi said too little,' Hovannisian said.
As per the opposition party leader, the MP's question was, `a more
direct, human, [and] a simpler question.'
Raffi Hovannisian stated, however, that he did not like President's
Sargsyan's response to the question.
`Any public person should be able to calmly answer questions,' he added.
As per Hovannisian, what Postanjyan did is a lesson.
`It was a lesson, an elementary civic education. Any official shall be
accountable to the people,' Raffi Hovannisian maintained.
To note, during the question and answer session at Wednesday's PACE
plenary session in Strasbourg, France, Zaruhi Postanjyan had asked
Armenia's President Serzh Sargsyan the following question:
`You have appeared here [in the PACE session] not by the will of the
people, but [rather] as a consequence of organized crime, the theft of
the Armenian people's vote. Therefore you cannot de jure represent the
will and right of the Armenian people. [So,] I'll give you another
question. Have you been to a casino in Europe and lost 70 million
euros there? And who paid that amount in your stead?'
Photo by Arsen Sargsyan/NEWS.am
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