Why isn’t he visiting Raffi Hovhannisian?
"Of course, the roads are open. Why should they be closed?" asked head of the Republican faction Galust Sahakyan in response to a question during a press conference today. According to him, there is no sense in closing roads to Yerevan on the days of the HAK's rallies.
"Why is the opposition concerned over the roads? Even if 10,000 people come, the opposition will announce that there were 50,000."
Touching upon the HAK's requisition comprised of 15 points, which the authorities haven't fulfilled, Galust Sahakyan said: "The authorities weren't formed for the opposition to give assignments."
The CE Co-Rapporteurs on Armenia have raised the demands presented by the HAK during their meetings with the Armenian authorities in the past two days, particularly the issue of revealing the 10 murders on March 1, 2008. In this regard, Mr. Sahakyan agreed that it is not normal that the murders and culprits remain unrevealed and that everything will be revealed if all sides are interrogated.
Galust Sahakyan doesn't share the view that Serzh Sargsyan's latest consultations are a response to the HAK's requisition.
Speaking about Raffi Hovhannisian's hunger strike at Freedom Square, Galust Sahakyan mentioned that he didn't understand the reason and felt sorry for Mr. Hovhannisian. "My contemporaries will remember when people used to go on hunger strikes and were doing everything possible to have an independent Armenia. Now, from the political angle, I don't think there are concrete issues, but certain factors and the main one is our statehood."
Mr. Sahakyan says he is not visiting Raffi Hovhannisian simply because he avoids political speculations and turning into a sensation.
In response to "A1+"'s question, Galust Sahakyan also touched upon the arrest of HAK activist, world boxing champion Samson Khachatryan. He mentioned that though he knows Mr. Khachatryan very well and appreciates his service for the country, Khachatryan is hot-tempered and can get out of control very easily.
