RAFFI HOVHANNISSIAN BELIEVES THAT IN REALITY "HERITAGE" GAINED 250 THOUSAND VOTES OF ARMENIAN ELECTORS
Mediamax News Agency, Armenia
May 15 2007
Yerevan, May 15. /Mediamax/. Leader of "Heritage" party Raffi
Hovhannissian stated in Yerevan today that in reality during the
parliamentary elections of May 12 their party gained 250 thousand
instead of 80 thousand votes.
Mediamax reports that, speaking at a news conference in Yerevan today,
Raffi Hovhannissian noted that the party has not yet decided whether
"Heritage" will be disputing the results of elections, and it will
make its final decision after the publication of the official results
of the voting.
According to the preliminary data, the "Heritage" party gained 80.890
votes, or the 6%.
Raffi Hovhannissian stated about the readiness to present the
information on violations, which "Heritage" possesses, to those
political forces, which are going to dispute the results of the
parliamentary elections in the Constitutional Court.
"We would welcome the decision of the Constitutional Court on revoking
the results of these elections and hope that the judges of the given
body will take upon themselves the responsibility for the future of
the country", Raffi Hovhannissian stated.
He expressed readiness to cooperate with all the political forces,
both the pro-authority and the oppositional ones.
"Being a national-liberal Armenian-centrist political force, we intend
to act in the parliament as opposition", Raffi Hovhannissian stated.
According to him, the parliamentary elections should teach a lesson
to the oppositional forces, which did not enter the parliament, and
become a reason for their consolidation on the eve of the presidential
elections of 2008.