HRANT KHACHATRYAN WILL GIVE UP CITIZENSHIP
Lragir
Feb 11 2008
Armenia
Hrant Khachatryan, leader of the SIM Party, who has endorsed Vazgen
Manukyan in the presidential election, told news reporters on February
11 at the Azdak Club if the process happening with the SIM Party
is not placed on the legal path, if legality is not established,
if the results of the illegal acts of the legal and judicial bodies
are not repealed, when Haik Babukhanyan’s and his supporters’ rights
to the SIM Party have been restored, he will appeal to the president
of Armenia who is the guarantor of the Constitution and laws and give
up citizenship of Armenia.
Hrant Khachatryan will wait for two more days and if it does not
happen, he will appeal to the president of Armenia and give up
citizenship. He says if we live in a country of illegality, he does
not want to be a citizen of such a country, to have any relation to
such a state. However, he will continue to live in Armenia, only he
will have no right to vote.
Hrant Khachatryan sees no danger of being deprived of a chance of
political activities, saying that over the past year the SIM Party has
faced a lot of problems and proved that it is a strong party and does
not depend on one person. As to losing the right to vote for Vazgen
Manukyan whom he has endorsed, Hrant Khachatryan says if he knew it
took Vazgen Manukyan a vote, he would wait and give up citizenship
after the presidential election but he believes that everything does
not depend on his cote, since Vazgen Manukyan has thousands of other
supporters, and he is hopeful that their number will grow.