Heritage Not Withdrawing From Joint Headquarters Agreement

HERITAGE NOT WITHDRAWING FROM JOINT HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT

tert.am
20.04.12

Politician Hmayak Hovhannisyan, who recently proposed the declaration
on creating a joint headquarters to monitor the parliamentary election,
says he has not received any written notice by the opposition Heritage
party, confirming its intention to pull out of the initiative.

The declaration was signed by the opposition Armenian National
Congress (ANC), the Prosperous Armenia party (PAP) and the Armenian
Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaksutyun (ARF-D).

Speaking to RFE/RL on Thursday, the head of the Heritage party
faction in parliament, Stepan Safaryan, said they are determined
to work independently towards ensuring a free and fair election and
consequently not inclined to return to that format.

Hovhannisyan had earlier said that Heritage’s presence in the four
parties’ format would be maintained unless the party withdraws its
signature from the document.

The deputy leader of Heritage, Ruben Hakobyan, later told Tert.am
that they are not pulling out of the declaration, adding that what
they signed can be better characterized as a pre-document towards
reaching a goal, rather than a document per say.