YEREVAN. – Armenia’s 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—is not Odysseus, and Yerevan is not Troy.

Ruling Republican Party (RPA) Press Secretary, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Eduard Sharmazanov noted the aforesaid to news reporters, following Thursday’s session of the RPA executive body, commenting on opposition Sardarapat movement member, filmmaker Tigran Khzmalyan’s statement that Hovannisian has selected the option of a Trojan Horse to capture power in Armenia.   

“Today Raffi Hovannisian rather needs Ariadne’s thread to [be able to] come out of this maze,” Sharmazanov added.