RAFFI HOVANNISIAN WON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – ARMENIAN OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER
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March 18, 2013 | 11:18
YEREVAN. – Armenia’s opposition People’s Party Chairman Tigran
Karapetyan welcomes the triumph of opposition Heritage Party leader,
former FM Raffi Hovannisian-who is declared runner-up to the winner,
incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential
election that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the
real winner in the vote and who declared a hunger strike on March 10
at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square. Karapetyan himself stated
this during a press conference on Monday.
In his words, this victory is due to the fact that the current
authorities’ election campaign slogan of “Toward a Secure Armenia”
does not correspond to the reality. Furthermore, as per Karapetyan,
a large number of the body politic hated the powers that be, and
therefore such attitude would have emerged sooner or later.
“You know my [not too positive] view about Raffi Hovannisian, but I
congratulate [him],” Tigran Karapetyan said.
He also pointed to the fact that when he clashed with President
Sargsyan, all the doors were closed before him.
From: Baghdasarian
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