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The Heritage Party
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Yerevan, Armenia
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May 1, 2007
Heritage Conducts Press Briefing, Holds Town Hall Meetings
Yerevan–Today, May 1, Heritage Party spokesman Hovsep Khurshudian conducted
a press briefing at party headquarters. He discussed Heritage’s recent
activities, "Toward Victory’s" travels to the Aragatsotn, Shirak, and Ararat
marzes, and the tree-planting ceremony in the town of Masis.
Khurshudian then addressed the misinformation disseminated by Golos Armenii,
the Russian-language daily, in its April 28 issue, to the effect that Raffi
K. Hovannisian spent 4.5 of the past 18 months out of the country. "This
misinformation is sourced in a March 31 report of Hayots Askharkh, which we
had refuted immediately upon publication. In blatant violation of basic
media ethics, however, the daily did not issue a retraction," Khurshudian
said. "We advise pro-establishment papers that are busy with smear campaigns
to sever their attention from Raffi Hovannisian, who travels abroad through
personal means and for the benefit of Armenia’s national interests, and
redirect it to those state officials who go on foreign visits often for
private pleasures and on the tax payer’s dime."
Khurshudian then addressed the Impeachment Alliance’s claim that those who
do not join the movement are fake oppositionists. He recalled the citizens’
assembly and the demonstration held by Hovannisian on November 25, 2005 at
Liberty Square. All those willing, including politicians, journalists, and
citizens, were invited to join the movement and deliver speeches from the
platform. "Heritage did not dispense similar condemnations to those who did
not join," Khurshudian said.
Also today, Khurshudian received a group of journalists from the "Caucasus
Reporting Network," a program of the Institute for War and Peace Reporting
(IWPR). They discussed Heritage’s platform and outlooks–its role in the
upcoming parliamentary elections and beyond.
Shortly thereafter, Heritage held town hall meetings with the
Malatia-Sebastia, Ajapniak, and Davtashen communities in Yerevan. Raffi
Hovannisian, Larisa Alaverdian, Vardan Khachatrian, Anahit Bakhshian, and
other party candidates unfurled the party’s program and pledged to build a
country of freedom, law, and dignity. They stressed that Heritage’s
electoral objective is to form a majority in parliament and to establish a
new government rooted in the national will.
Founded in 2002, Heritage has regional divisions throughout the land. Its
central office is located at 31 Moscovian Street, Yerevan 0002, Armenia,
with telephone contact at (374-10) 536.913, fax at (374-10) 532.697, email
at [email protected] or [email protected], and website at