On March 1 rally, the first president Levon Ter-Petrosyan stated that serious political discussions and debates are first held in the Parliament since 1999, it’s the first time since the opposition is criticizing sound and well-reasoned. On March 21, in the conversation with Aravot.am, to our question of whether you agree with Levon Ter-Petrosyan’s estimation, “Heritage” Party leader Raffi Hovannisian responded, “Of course, I do not agree. I think it is a very selective and politicized approach. It was just the “Heritage”, which first entered the Parliament as an active and opposition force, and both in the streets of Yerevan and to defend citizens on this-or-that matters, he was fighting and instating on in Strasburg and elsewhere with regard to the issues of democracy and freedoms in Armenia, as well as March 1. In the politicized environment, he may say that we are the ones, however, I do not think that it is complete. Of course, they also have politicians, who are smart and dedicated, anyway, he probably had just forgotten that there was a whole period when another faction was presenting the people of Armenia, the opposition section, and was not saving any strength and efforts to ensure the interest of RA citizens in our country and abroad. With regard to March 1 event, we all remember that the “Heritage” Party MPs were present.” Raffi Hovannisian assured that the first president when saying his statement was guided by politicized approach and said, “Perhaps, next time he would be able to readjust this vacuum in his memory.”
Hripsime JEBEJYAN
