At today’s Freedom Square rally, Nikol Pashinyan told the crowd that the February 18 presidential election has created a new political reality in Armenia.

The firebrand HAK activist, said that contrary to the regime’s wishes to guarantee a uni-polar political system in Armenia, headed by Serzh Sargsyan, something unprecedented had occurred instead.

Pashinyan argued that while Sargsyan has maintained his grip on power, he hasn’t secured the legitimacy that he so longs for and that he hasn’t been able to turn the bloody page of March 1, 2008.

The people have de facto elected Raffi Hovannisian as their next president. It remains to transform this victory into a legally binding one.

“Yesterday, at the Presidential Palace it was Raffi Hovannisian who received Serzh Sargsyan, and not the other way around. Sargsyan is no longer the acting president,” Pashinyan exclaimed.