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CALL FOR ACTION: HOVANNISIAN WANTS "FORMAT OF FOUR" FOR OPPOSITIONAL FORCE
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POLITICS | 21.03.14 | 15:52
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Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian is inviting political and
civil forces to a rally scheduled for March 28 at Liberty Square,
which he has termed as 'public pre-rally', believing it would set in
motion a new process.
Hovannisian, who finished second to President Serzh Sargsyan in
last year's presidential ballot, told the press on Friday that the
struggle has to be continuous and added that "we are all ready for
a sacrifice, but are not ready to become 'donkey martyrs' in vain,
with no definite results".
"If there is no move in April, we will have great difficulty in
turning people's current willingness [to go for a change] into a
political act," says Hovannisian, adding that the rally of the four
non-pro-establishment political forces has not happened so far, and
should it take place, it would allow them to overcome the disagreements
and finally speak about the 'format of the four'.
Speaking about the closed meeting between the alternative Prosperous
Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan and himself, Hovannisian says
the meeting revealed many differences, but also many common grounds,
and the parties agreed to continue the communication in that format.
"The Heritage party and I believe that by changing a prime minister
or any other official we would not shift the situation in the country.
However, we do not object to that initiative, nonetheless believing
that it is a semi-measure and the main emphasis has to be impeachment,"
he says.
Hovannisian, who was present also at a March 1 opposition rally,
said in reference to first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's speech
that although he shares Ter-Petrosyan's opinions on many issues,
he disagrees with his claim that the Customs Union membership is a
done fact that cannot be reversed.
"The top is flawed: the entire leadership has to be changed,
starting with Mr. Serzh Sargsyan. I want a meeting of the four
(opposition parties) during which I will submit a plan for radical
power turnover with a definite timeline. Nothing is irreversible,
because the direction Armenia has taken up til now will lead not only
to an economic decline, but also loss of sovereignty and independence,"
he says.
As for the telephone conversation between presidents Sargsyan and
Russia's Vladimir Putin during which the parties discussed a number
of issues related to the Armenian-Russian bilateral relations as
well as issues currently on the international and regional agenda,
then reflected on the work carried out since the decision to join
the Customs Union to make it happen, Hovannisian says it is premature
and is not in Armenia's interest.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/52906/raffi_hovannisian_serzh_sargsyan_gagik_tsarukyan_v ladimir_putin
POLITICS | 21.03.14 | 15:52
Photolure
Gohar Abrahamyan
ArmeniaNow reporter
Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian is inviting political and
civil forces to a rally scheduled for March 28 at Liberty Square,
which he has termed as 'public pre-rally', believing it would set in
motion a new process.
Hovannisian, who finished second to President Serzh Sargsyan in
last year's presidential ballot, told the press on Friday that the
struggle has to be continuous and added that "we are all ready for
a sacrifice, but are not ready to become 'donkey martyrs' in vain,
with no definite results".
"If there is no move in April, we will have great difficulty in
turning people's current willingness [to go for a change] into a
political act," says Hovannisian, adding that the rally of the four
non-pro-establishment political forces has not happened so far, and
should it take place, it would allow them to overcome the disagreements
and finally speak about the 'format of the four'.
Speaking about the closed meeting between the alternative Prosperous
Armenia party leader Gagik Tsarukyan and himself, Hovannisian says
the meeting revealed many differences, but also many common grounds,
and the parties agreed to continue the communication in that format.
"The Heritage party and I believe that by changing a prime minister
or any other official we would not shift the situation in the country.
However, we do not object to that initiative, nonetheless believing
that it is a semi-measure and the main emphasis has to be impeachment,"
he says.
Hovannisian, who was present also at a March 1 opposition rally,
said in reference to first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan's speech
that although he shares Ter-Petrosyan's opinions on many issues,
he disagrees with his claim that the Customs Union membership is a
done fact that cannot be reversed.
"The top is flawed: the entire leadership has to be changed,
starting with Mr. Serzh Sargsyan. I want a meeting of the four
(opposition parties) during which I will submit a plan for radical
power turnover with a definite timeline. Nothing is irreversible,
because the direction Armenia has taken up til now will lead not only
to an economic decline, but also loss of sovereignty and independence,"
he says.
As for the telephone conversation between presidents Sargsyan and
Russia's Vladimir Putin during which the parties discussed a number
of issues related to the Armenian-Russian bilateral relations as
well as issues currently on the international and regional agenda,
then reflected on the work carried out since the decision to join
the Customs Union to make it happen, Hovannisian says it is premature
and is not in Armenia's interest.