“Authorities are sacrificing the police”
Leader of "Heritage" party Raffi Hovhannisian started his day by greeting those who visited him at Freedom Square. Hovhannisian has been on a hunger strike at the Freedom Square for three days now and is planning on staying at the square as long as he can. Last evening and this morning, Red Cross representatives and doctors from the N4 polyclinic visited Hovhannisian.
Mr. Hovhannisian doesn't have any complaints, but doctors say he has problems with blood pressure and advise him to talk as little as possible to save his energy. Following the doctors' advice, "A1+" didn't ask any questions today. Instead, his partisans spoke on behalf of him.
Raffi Hovhannisian wasn't allowed to put a tent at the square last evening either.
"The current authorities are talking about illegitimate steps, but they are demanding that the opposition act legally. We still haven't received an explanation why Hovhannisian can't put up a tent to rest. They say that is the way it has to be. Since there is a rally today, we didn't want to get into a dispute," vice-president of
"Heritage" party Ruben Hakobyan told "A1+".
Hakobyan has no doubt that those who violate the law will
be brought to justice. "RA Chief of Police Alik Sargsyan says he will not allow the police to become a scapegoat, but I would like to tell him that the police are going to become a scapegoat. The authorities are turning them into one. The authorities are going to sacrifice the police because the latter are not defending the law, but the authorities' illegal acts," said Hakobyan and thanked all those who have visited Hovhannisian in the past couple of days.
"We have known Hovhannisian since the 1990s. If he has decided to go on a hunger strike, it means he has a serious reason for that and we can't turn a cheek as
citizens of this country," said one of the visitors.
The leader of "Heritage" will respond to journalists' questions tomorrow at 12 p.m. at Freedom Square.
