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Armenian Opposition Supporters Protest Election Results
YEREVAN, February 24 (RIA Novosti) - Several thousand opposition
supporters rallied in Yerevan on Sunday protesting the outcome of
Armenia's presidential election, challenged by the country's
opposition leader Raffi Hovhannisyan, Armenia's state TV reported.
Hovhannisyan, 53, Armenia's former foreign minister and leader of the
opposition's Heritage Party, said he will continue to push for
annulling the results of the election, which resulted in the victory
of incumbent Serzh Sargsyan.
According to preliminary results, Sargsyan won the election with 59
percent of the vote and US-born Hovhannisyan came second with 37
percent. The final results will be announced by the Central Electoral
Commission on Monday.
OSCE observers said the Armenian presidential election, which saw
Sargsyan reelected to another five-year term, showed improvement but
lacked genuine competition. Hovhannisyan claimed the election was
illegitimate.
Hovhannisyan said the `revolution of greetings,' which he announced on
Friday, will continue across the country after the official election
results are announced.
`Towns by towns, villages by villages... We will return power to
people,' Hovhannisyan told his supporters adding however that all the
protests should be peaceful.
YEREVAN, February 24 (RIA Novosti) - Several thousand opposition
supporters rallied in Yerevan on Sunday protesting the outcome of
Armenia's presidential election, challenged by the country's
opposition leader Raffi Hovhannisyan, Armenia's state TV reported.
Hovhannisyan, 53, Armenia's former foreign minister and leader of the
opposition's Heritage Party, said he will continue to push for
annulling the results of the election, which resulted in the victory
of incumbent Serzh Sargsyan.
According to preliminary results, Sargsyan won the election with 59
percent of the vote and US-born Hovhannisyan came second with 37
percent. The final results will be announced by the Central Electoral
Commission on Monday.
OSCE observers said the Armenian presidential election, which saw
Sargsyan reelected to another five-year term, showed improvement but
lacked genuine competition. Hovhannisyan claimed the election was
illegitimate.
Hovhannisyan said the `revolution of greetings,' which he announced on
Friday, will continue across the country after the official election
results are announced.
`Towns by towns, villages by villages... We will return power to
people,' Hovhannisyan told his supporters adding however that all the
protests should be peaceful.