 12 19.02.13 - People accompanied Raffi Hovhannisian and continued the march to CEC buliding                  Heritage leader urges president-elect Sargsyan to admit his mistake  February 19, 2013 - 18:39 AMTPanARMENIAN.Net - Heritage party leader Raffi Hovannissian said he never strived for posts. “This time, however, I do. I am the elected present of Armenia,” Hovannissian said at Feb 19 press conference in Yerevan’s Liberty Square. He further gave president-elect Serzh Sargsyan one day to admit his mistake before the law and the Armenian people. “He will receive people’s forgiveness in that case. People have won, every one knows this. I hope Serzh Sargsyan will admit my victory and the victory of Armenian people,” Heritage leader said. Otherwise, the party leader expressed readiness to hold a rally at Liberty Square and keep it till the end. He further said he will possibly address the court with a demand to recount the votes. Armenia held presidential elections on Feb 18. The votes divided as follows: the chairman of the ruling RPA, incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan garnered 861 378 (58,64 %) votes; Heritage party chairman Raffi Hovannisian got 539 674 (36,74%) votes; former foreign minister of Nagorno Karabakh Republic Arman Melikyan received 3 520 (0,24%) votes; former prime minister Hrant Bagratyan - 31 643 (2,15%) votes; National Self-Determination Union party head Paruyr Hayrikyan - 18 093 (1,23%) votes; Radio Hay director Andrias Ghukasyan 8 328 (0,57%) votes; literature expert Vardan Sedrakyan – 6 203 (0,42%) votes. Partner news  Top stories Dwelling on the hike in gas prices, Iskandaryan said the change also affected other countries importing Russian gas. Armen Martirosyan noted that the price rise will further deteriorate the situation in the country, fostering emigration. In this connection, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian left for Strasbourg to attend CoE foreign ministers meeting. Orinats Yerkir party held a political council meeting on May 15, chaired by party leader Artur Baghdasaryan.   Partner news |  Topic Latest news Artsakh President attends Berdzor town 21st anniv. liberation events  Bako Sahakyan noted the liberation of Berdzor town as an important military, political and psychological victory.Weekly digest of foreign currency deals Deals amounting to USD 12,800,000 at an average price of 416.75 /USD 1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia.200 Azeri ceasefire violations reported May 12-18 200 ceasefire violations by the Azeri armed forces were reported at the line of contact between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan.Gunmen kill Iraqi police officer's family The recent spike of violence has raised fears that the country might be heading to a new round of sectarian violence. |
