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    RAFFI HOVANNISIAN DOES NOT EXCLUDE COOPERATION WITH PRO-GOVERNMENTAL PARTIES

    Lragir.am
    03 April 06

    Their slander cannot force my family and me to leave my home country,
    stated the leader of the Zharangutiun Party Raffi Hovannisian on
    April 3. The politician facing the problem of losing the office of the
    political party states that such a meanness of the government cannot
    stop his struggle for democracy and the rights of the citizens. "For
    my family and me the homeland is not a place of gaining profit,"
    says Raffi Hovannisian. He said when he went to the soiree at the
    Opera on April 1, the policemen started inquiring if he was not going
    to organize a new rally in the Square of Azatutiun.

    "When they take away my office, my home, a small tent will be enough
    for me. The recent experience showed that tents are what the government
    fears," says Raffi Hovannisian. He states that he would continue the
    struggle with his fellow oppositionists, and in the upcoming months
    they will find the way of coming together. "Everyone tends to feel
    that by an artificially imported revolution the situation in Armenia
    will not change. However, it is also obvious that evolutionary changes
    typical of developed and civilized countries is not a way out for
    Armenia. A new approach is required. It is necessary to look for new
    values within this year, before the next early or scheduled election,"
    states Raffi Hovannisian.

    Raffi Hovannisian is apparently going to look for new values not
    only within the opposition but also in the pro-governmental camp. He
    mentions that first he will start with his fellow oppositionists. The
    leader of the Zharangutiun Party, however, makes rather ambiguous
    and transparent implications about partnership with the old and new
    pro-governmental political parties. "Besides the opposition there are
    new political parties and old political parties, each of them have
    devotees, and I am not supposed to judge them. If there is a value,
    it must be brought forward," states Raffi Hovannisian. He reminds,
    however, about the importance of admitting mistakes committed
    formerly, and states that the political forces should step out of
    their personal interests and realize at last, that the state and not
    power is at stake.

    Nevertheless, Raffi Hovannisian considers the possibility of
    reproduction of power more probable, saying that every rational
    analysis will suggest this, considering the reality. "Sometimes I am
    not sure if what I do now is politics or something else. But I will go
    on, and I will stay in Armenia till the end," says Raffi Hovannisian.
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