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RALLY ON: HOVANNISIAN SAYS HERITAGE WILL PROTEST, DESPITE PAP DROPOUT
POLITICS | 18.02.15 | 15:26
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Although non-governmental troika member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP)
leader Gagik Tsarukyan has already announced that his party will not
take part in a planned February 20 rally, and the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) is still silent, the Heritage Party will continue with
protest plans.
"The fight is on, and it is long-lasting, victorious and inevitable,
and these are my words," Heritage Party founder-leader Raffi
Hovanissian told reporters Wednesday.
"Today we have appeared in an unprecedented political and civil
situation, which demands an immediate and complete solution," he
added quoting poet Hamo Sahyan's words, "Stay a bit defeated, stay
a bit God."
The decision for a rally was made by the troika on Sunday, after last
week President Serzh Sargsyan called Tsarukyan a political 'evil',
decided to remove him from the National Security Board and ordered an
investigation into Tsarukyan's tax files. The president was reacting
to statements made by Tsarukyan calling for a change of government.
Hovanissian urged Sargsyan to start any investigation in his own
(Sargsyan's) party, including his family members, the Prime Minister
and the Chief of Police, the National Security Service head and
Heads of Provinces, "Unless they do it, let nobody speak about law,
because it is you who is outside the law."
"What is to be proven has already been proven, everyone knows
everything. In the distorted reality like ours, dictatorship always
wins over law, materialism - over state interest, money - over
dignity, adulation - over pride, brutality - over soul, revenge -
over fair trial, intrigue - over belief, and arbitrariness - over
rules and law," the Heritage leader said.
Emphasizing that the country is in a critical state, and the people
are the saviors, he urged Sargsyan to resign. Hovanissian promised
to say more on Friday in Freedom Square.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/60745/raffi_hovannisian_serzh_sargsyan_gagik_tsarukyan
POLITICS | 18.02.15 | 15:26
By SARA KHOJOYAN
ArmeniaNow reporter
Although non-governmental troika member Prosperous Armenia Party (PAP)
leader Gagik Tsarukyan has already announced that his party will not
take part in a planned February 20 rally, and the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) is still silent, the Heritage Party will continue with
protest plans.
"The fight is on, and it is long-lasting, victorious and inevitable,
and these are my words," Heritage Party founder-leader Raffi
Hovanissian told reporters Wednesday.
"Today we have appeared in an unprecedented political and civil
situation, which demands an immediate and complete solution," he
added quoting poet Hamo Sahyan's words, "Stay a bit defeated, stay
a bit God."
The decision for a rally was made by the troika on Sunday, after last
week President Serzh Sargsyan called Tsarukyan a political 'evil',
decided to remove him from the National Security Board and ordered an
investigation into Tsarukyan's tax files. The president was reacting
to statements made by Tsarukyan calling for a change of government.
Hovanissian urged Sargsyan to start any investigation in his own
(Sargsyan's) party, including his family members, the Prime Minister
and the Chief of Police, the National Security Service head and
Heads of Provinces, "Unless they do it, let nobody speak about law,
because it is you who is outside the law."
"What is to be proven has already been proven, everyone knows
everything. In the distorted reality like ours, dictatorship always
wins over law, materialism - over state interest, money - over
dignity, adulation - over pride, brutality - over soul, revenge -
over fair trial, intrigue - over belief, and arbitrariness - over
rules and law," the Heritage leader said.
Emphasizing that the country is in a critical state, and the people
are the saviors, he urged Sargsyan to resign. Hovanissian promised
to say more on Friday in Freedom Square.
http://armenianow.com/news/politics/60745/raffi_hovannisian_serzh_sargsyan_gagik_tsarukyan