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RAFFI HOVANNISIAN WILL RUN FOR THE ELECTIONS BY MAJORITY SYSTEM
[08:47 pm] 23 February, 2007

On February 23, the Friday Club hosted Raffi Hovannisian, leader of
`Heritage’ Party. The key issue of the discussion was the upcoming
parliamentary elections. The representatives of media wondered how the
`Heritage’ party would run for the upcoming parliamentary
elections. In answer to their questions, Mr. Hovannisian promised to
open the stakes on March 2.

The leader of the party welcomed the idea of impeachment introduced by
`Alternative’ Public-Political Initiative. `The initiative urges all
the political forces, including the opposition, not to call for a
violent power takeover without important program-related alternative,’
Mr. Hovannisian notes.

In his words, the acting authorities and the National Security Service
must be subjected to impeachment, as they are unable to protect
citizens’ rights, freedom of press and media. The idea of impeachment
also implies all the strata of society that are engaged in business,
pursue citizens and instigate hostility instead of ensuring national
security.

Mr. Hovannisian didn’t divulge the recent pursuits and criminal
actions against the `Heritage’ party. He dwelt on the pre-election
atmosphere and focused on securing equal footing for all candidates.

`We have applied to the Compulsory Executive Offices, Minister of
Justice, General Prosecutor, Ombudsman and have got no answer. The
Prime Minister promised to deal with the matter and solve the issue of
our office but even the Prime Minister seems to be incapable of
opening our office’.

Nowadays everybody speaks of holding fair, just and transparent
elections that will meet European standards, but we are all well aware
that that is all illusion. Let’s take the electoral processes for
example. Do you think they are just and transparent?’, he said.

At the end of the press conference the journalists came to know that
Raffi Hovannisian would run for the elections by majority system.