Republican MP: Hovannisian rallying people out of inactivity
The post-election rallies led by Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannisian are the result of inactivity, says Republican MP Hovhannes Sahakyan.
"I think that Raffi Hovannisian is rallying people as he has nothing else to do and nowhere else to demonstrate his political manifestations," he said.
The Republican MP finds it pointless rallying some 4000-5000 people at Liberty Square and claiming that the Feb. 18 presidential election was rigged. The votes of several thousand people cannot make significant change since the difference of votes cast for Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi Hovannisian was incomparable.
Human rights activist Vardan Harutyunyan disagreed with the Republican MP saying these 4000-5000 people who attend the post-election rallies speak of a serious problem in the country.
"The number of ralliers can be insignificant in Moscow or Madrid, but in the case of Armenia this is a huge number," he said.
Hovhannes Sahakyan is confident that the presidential election was fair and transparent and Raffi Hovannisian simply has ‘to shake hands' with the winner [Serzh Sargsyan]. Nor he approves of Hovannisian's decision to dispute the election results in the Constitutional Court.
"The decision should be grounded. If they apply to incite political agiotage, I think it is wrong," said the Republican lawmaker.
"If the election were fair and transparent, people would not take to the streets to protest against the vote outcome. The authorities were to conduct a free and fair election but they failed to ensure its transparency," said Vardan Harutyunyan.
