People with no right to be inside the 17/3 polling station in the town of Artashat were illegally given that right by local precinct committee head Arayik Poghosyan.
“You already know that the power is in your hands and ours,” declared Hovannisian, to which the throng replied, “Yes”.
“We must wait to hear what Raffi, who has assumed the heavy responsibility of putting our country on the correct and legal path has to say,” Bakhshyan urged.
Lena Nazaryan, the young woman who read a statement during a press conference of the OSCE observers a day after the February 18 presidential election challenging their evaluation, said she did nothing heroic.
After this afternoon’s meeting between Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi Hovannisian, the president’s press service announced that the two men stressed the need implement all processes within the scope of the RA Constitution and applicable laws of the land.
It seems that Asryan and his wife Gayaneh somehow convinced nine village residents to each take out a $1,000 loan from the ACBA-Credit Agricole Bank and to transfer the money to the. Asryan was supposed to pay back the loans but he hasn't.
After concluding his meeting with Serzh Sargsyan minutes ago, Raffi Hovannisian told supporters and the press that he would speak about what transpired at tomorrow’s rally scheduled for 5pm at Freedom Square.
Here’s a thirty second video of Serzh Sargsyan welcoming his main election rival Raffi Hovannisian to the Presidential Palace.
Minutes ago, a defiant Raffi Hovannisian flanked by his supporters, approached the Presidential Palace on Baghramyan Avenue to meet with Serzh Sargsyan.
Republican Party spokesperson Edward Sharmazanov told reporters that they had cancelled today’s scheduled rally at Freedom Square in order not to incite further tensions in the country.
Minutes ago, Raffi Hovannisian stated from the podium at Freedom Square that he was on his way to meet with Serzh Sargsyan.
By Anush Babajanyan, Nazik Armenakyan
Hrant Bagratyan, who came in a distant third in the February 18 presidential election, has called on Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi Hovannisian to quickly sit down and find a way out of the current deadlock.
Our Lord divided mankind into nations only by separating their languages. It is said, the language is the most important distinguishing feature of a nation, the pledge of its identity. That’s why for centuries a conquering country has not been satisfied by acquiring foreign lands until dominating over the language and script of the falling country. The humanity has reached to the peaks of modern armaments leaving far behind the era of spears;...
Earlier this morning, Raffi Hovannisian said that if Mr. Serzh Sargsyan didn’t show up at Freedom Square as requested he would present his viewpoint to the people and ask for their support regarding what should be done in the coming days.
Businessmen with close personal connections to Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych have been linked to companies involved in what could be categorized as “large-scale embezzlement,” according an investigation by Ukrainian Pravda, reprinted in English by Slidstvo.