“HERITAGE” PARTY AFFIRMS THAT AUTHORITIES UNDERTAKE ACTIONS FOR
PARALYSING ITS ACTIVITY
YEREVAN, MARCH 9, NOYAN TAPAN. An incident connected with unknown people’s
entering the office of the “Heritage” party, and then with changing the
locks on the party doors is one further link in the chain of a new campaign
of threats, intimidation, and introductory terror carried out by the
incumbent presidency and its security apparatus againts the “Heritage” party
and its leader Raffi Hovannisian. This is said in the press-release of the
“Heritage” party spread on March 9.
According to the press-release, ” this campaign has followed on the heels of
Raffi Hovannisian’s recent public activity, citizens’ initiatives and freely
expressed opinions, and has been launched through the use of large-scale
technologies of slander by the state-supervised propaganda machine and its
stooges against the long-standing institutions of high repute headed by
Raffi and Armenouhi Hovannisian. the “party of power” aims to paralyze
Heritage’s activities in advance of parliamentary elections and other
developments of interest.”
“It is not to be ruled out that the acting authority, based on its own fear
and lack of public legitimacy, will continue its policies of persecution
with imaginary, trumped-up charges to be made against the party and its
members,” is mentioned in the press-release.
To recap, three unknown people broke the door of the “Heritage” party office
on March 4 and changed the locks. The party representatives can’t enter
their office up to now.