“Heritage lowers its flag”
Should the Armenian-Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutyun name its candidate for parliament speaker, the Heritage party would support him, Heritage leader Raffi Hovannisian told journalists on Monday.
"If we speak about systematic changes, we must support each other on this issue as well," he said.
The Heritage also backs Dashnaktsutyun's initiative to give vote of no confidence in government for its failure to implement the provisions of the 2008-2012 program.
"The Heritage is lowering its flag to unfurl the flag of our country and its people," stressed Mr. Hovannisian.
While referring to the party's drawbacks in the past five years, the Heritage leader said, "After the deadly clashes of March 1, 2008, we allowed them to arrest our colleagues with brutal Stalin's methods."
Mr. Hovannisian did not exclude his party's cooperation with the ruling coalition parties within the framework of the European People's Party [EPP]. On the other hand, he found it impossible in the foreseeable future given the current situation in the country.
"Serzh Sargsyan responded to our letter as a nervous party leader, rather than a head of the country," he said.
In his letter addressed to President Serzh Sargsyan, Raffi Hovannisian had demanded that certain steps be taken to guarantee free and fair elections in Armenia. In his reply Serzh Sargsyan stated that the letter was not written out of concern, but it aimed to discredit the political processes.
The Heritage leader states that former parliament speaker Hovik Abrahamyan became an MP and later NA speaker as a result of ‘implicit operation.' Two years later, Abrahamyan resigned to head pre-election headquarters.
"This shows the frivolousness of our authorities," he said.
