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Jirayr Sefilyan: "We'll do everything possible to sustain the energy
of Raffi Hovannisian's movement"
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/23754/jirayr-sefilyan-well-do-everything-possible-to-sustain-the-energy-of-raffi-hovannisian%E2%80%99s-movement.html
14:46, February 23, 2013
At a press conference today in Yerevan, Pre-Parliament civil
initiative representative Jirayr Sefilian told reporters that they
would do everything possible to sustain the energy of Raffi
Hovannisian's movement but that, `The energy would have to be directed
correctly in order to establish an alternative power base leading to
alternative elections.'
Sefilian said that once this scenario came into being, the current
regime would be presented with the request to `hand over the keys to
power'.
Varouzhan Avetisyan, another member of the civil initiative, said that
his group would be focusing on the `self-organization' of the people
leading to a constituent parliament. This body, he argued, would have
the legitimacy to serve as an alternative to the current parliament in
Armenia.
When this reporter asked if such a body wouldn't be in contradiction
to the law of the land and the constitution, Avetisyan said that the
current constitution forbids the toppling of the constitutional order
through violence and that their actions only included peaceful means.
of Raffi Hovannisian's movement"
Narek Aleksanyan
http://hetq.am/eng/news/23754/jirayr-sefilyan-well-do-everything-possible-to-sustain-the-energy-of-raffi-hovannisian%E2%80%99s-movement.html
14:46, February 23, 2013
At a press conference today in Yerevan, Pre-Parliament civil
initiative representative Jirayr Sefilian told reporters that they
would do everything possible to sustain the energy of Raffi
Hovannisian's movement but that, `The energy would have to be directed
correctly in order to establish an alternative power base leading to
alternative elections.'
Sefilian said that once this scenario came into being, the current
regime would be presented with the request to `hand over the keys to
power'.
Varouzhan Avetisyan, another member of the civil initiative, said that
his group would be focusing on the `self-organization' of the people
leading to a constituent parliament. This body, he argued, would have
the legitimacy to serve as an alternative to the current parliament in
Armenia.
When this reporter asked if such a body wouldn't be in contradiction
to the law of the land and the constitution, Avetisyan said that the
current constitution forbids the toppling of the constitutional order
through violence and that their actions only included peaceful means.