Vartan Oskanian: We have become slaves to the whims of several people
“For a long time, we allowed the authorities to deprive our citizens of their property. Armenia is not the country to tolerate this condition,” Armen Martirosyan, a candidate for the 2017 parliamentary elections who comes second on the joint ticket of the electoral alliance led by former ministers Seyran Ohanyan, Raffi Hovannisian and Vartan Oskanian, said during a campaign rally in Hrazdan, a town in Kotayk marz.
The alliance is staring the second phase of their regional rallies.
Martirosyan claims that only people have the right to form a government, and no one has the right to ‘take away that voice.’
“Systemic corruption, which is the foundation of our present-day life, should be eliminated,” the vice-chairman of Raffi Hovannisian’s Heritage Party continued.
Martirosyan says if the alliance comes to power, then there will be no political prisoners in the country.
“We are not going to tolerate it anymore. We are coming to effect reforms,” he said.
He then criticized the track of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK). “”Because of their policy, the country today faces problems in the security sector. They are unable to carry out a balanced foreign policy. We have no right to make mistakes, this is the only choice to make, therefore we say that the Ohanyan-Raffi-Oskanian alliance is the force which has the ability to make drastic changes,’ said Martirosyan.
In his speech, former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian presented the plans of the alliance, stressing that changes need to be implemented immediately.
He advised people not to believe the claims that there is no way out of the current situation. “The positive change of the situation is not beneficial to the authorities. They only care about two things – power and enrichment. Armenia has a great potential, we have a large diaspora. We have become slaves to the whims of several people,” he stressed.
“I call on everyone to join this righteous force. Our team will fight to the end,” said Manuel Manukyan, who participated in the four-day war in Karabakh in April.
