RUSSIAN NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES OPEN LETTER IN SUPPORT OF VAHAN HOVHANNESIAN’S CANDIDACY
Yerkir
25.01.2008 18:09
Yerevan (Yerkir) – The Russian newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta published
in its January 25 issue an open letter by a group of Russian Armenians
endorsing the candidacy of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation
candidate Vahan Hovhannesian in the upcoming presidential election
in Armenia.
The authors of the letter say that it is inspiring that Hovhannesian is
from a family of intellectuals, and most importantly, he is a smart,
honest and educated person who speaks foreign languages, is able
to express his thoughts clearly. He is trying to give reasonable
assessment of the political situation and build a future for the
country.
Hovhannesian believes that the struggle should go between ideas and
not individuals and that there should not be only struggle but also
tolerance.
The ARF was the "hidden love" for Armenian generations for over a
hundred years. After an exile in the Soviet era, the party returned
to homeland and injected blood to the freedom fighters of the Karabakh
war. It is time Armenia became a modern civilized country.
A county elects a leader that fits the time during various
periods. Today, Armenia needs a president who does not feel obliged
to legal or illegal structures. Hovhannesian is someone who will
be accepted in any circle both in the East and the West as an equal
partner, a leader of a strong and prospering country.