RAFFI HOVHANNISIAN CONTINUES POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS AND STARTS MEETINGS IN ARMENIAN REGIONS
Noyan Tapan News Agency
Oct 5 2005
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 5, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Raffi Hovhannisian,
founder and head of the Armenian Center for National and International
Studies, Chairman of the “Zharangutiun” (“Heritage”) party, starts a
series of meetings with representatives of public and his supporters
in different regions of the country on the coming Sunday. Raffi
Hovhannisian informed representatives of mass media about it at the
reception in honor of the 11th anniversary of foundation of the
Center. It’s supposed that during these meetings he will explain
party’s negative position on draft constitutional amendments put to
the referendum. Other issues worrying the Armenian society will be
also discussed during the numerous scheduled meetings.
R.Hovhannisian also confirmed that he continues political consultations
on the issue of cooperation with both representatives of opposition
and civil society and the representatives of Armenian power who
realize the seriousness of the situation formed in the country and
the necessity in radical changes.
Raffi Hovhannisian considers that the most important task at the
current stage is to hold the referendum exactly in correspondence
with the international obligations assumed by Armenia. He especially
emphasized that all the stages of the process should be democratic
and transparent, starting from the moment of agitation up to the
calculation of votes, which should guarantee the trust of the society
in the referendum results.