Raffi Hovannisian has proposal for Karen Karapetyan (video)
We cannot allow him [Serzh Sargsyan] to become the new prime minister or general secretary. And if he attempts to do it, the Heritage Party will stand by the people to prevent the rule of Serzh,” Heritage Party Leader Raffi Hovannisian said on June 30. He then named the political forces and allies that will help the party in achieving the goal. “If General Ohanyan, Vartan Oskanian, Nikol Pashinyan, Aram Sargsyan, Emon Marukyan, Gagik Tsarukyan, Dashnaktsutyun , certain members of the Republican Party of Armenia and other extra-parliamentary forces want to create a new situation in the country by next April, we are ready to start discussions with them,” Mr. Hovannisian said. When asked whether he saw Karaen Karapetyan as prime minister, the Heritage leader said, “I shall not accept him as long as he is Serzh Sagsyan’s henchman.” Raffi Hovannisian says Karen Karapetyan needs to do a few things to be accepted by him and people. First, he should confess whether he has business interests in Armenia, for example, in Gazprom or Marriott Hotel in Tsakhkadzor. “Second, if he says he is going to fight against a dominant-party system and admits that he represents a party which came to power with the help of voter fraud, I think Karen Karapetyan will be a representative of a nation that adds beautiful and fresh breath to the world,” Mr. Hovannisian said. The Heritage leader claimed that after the 2013 presidential elections some people visited his home and offered him money to accept the outcome of the elections. But he demanded that the candidates compete in the second round. “Just then I was told that the CEC had signed everything and there could be no talk about a second round.” Raffi Hovannisian says the Heritage Party has neither disappeared nor split. He regrets that Zaruhi Postanjyan and Anahit Bakhshyan left their ranks but says it was a necessary step. “We are in the same boat, in the same struggle.” Raffi Hovannisian also introduced Andranik Grigoryan, Secretary General for International Affairs, and Gevorg Ghahramanyan, Spokesman for the party.
