YEREVAN. – The present-day situation in Armenia reflects the normal processes of the post-election phase. The President’s statement on Monday, and in connection with the proposals by opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM Raffi Hovannisian—who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election that was conducted on February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote and who declared a hunger strike on March 10 at capital city Yerevan’s Liberty Square—, was realistic and rational. Ruling Republican Party (RPA) MP Hovhannes Sahakyan stated this during a press conference on Tuesday.   

In his words, all problems need to be resolved together.

“The rationale of Raffi Hovannisian’s demands is incomprehensible. Perhaps, many do not understand the steps [being taken] by the authorities, but the authorities operate within the law,” the MP said. 

In Sahakyan’s conviction, Hovannisian’s method of working within the law and the Constitution is fully acceptable.    

“We see that a situation is created where mutual contacts and political discourse have a place,” the RPA MP noted.