Heritage Party spokesperson Hovsep Khurshudyan today charged the Armenian government with leading an attack against the party and its leader Raffi Hovhannisyan. At a press conference, Mr. Khurshudyan stated, "This begs the question why now? This negative campaign hints at the possibility that the regime is preparing for early parliamentary or presidential elections. I don't foresee this but I don't rule it out either." "This campaign is based on falsehoods. Recently Galust Sahakyan circulated a pack of lies which we refuted. But after this the flood of absurdities and lies continued and proves that there's a directive out to do so. The lies are being presented via the T.V. as well but we can only respond via the newspapers," he added Mr. Khurshudyan called on T.V. stations to afford his party ample time to respond to the charges being leveled at it. He said that the Heritage Party would soon be issuing a statement of the government's assault against it.