YEREVAN. – Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party Chairman, former FM Raffi Hovannisian—who was 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—is in a difficult situation, Hraparak daily reports.

“On the one hand, there is the prospect of [the] March 1 [, 2008 tragedy in capital city Yerevan], on the other hand, [that] of being declared a traitor. If he makes a move, there may be innocent victims, and this means political destruction. 

On the other hand, he is attempting to alleviate the situation and appears in a laughable situation as yesterday [Tuesday] when, leaving the people, [and] accompanied with the Police Chief, he had gone up to Tsitsernakaberd [Armenian Genocide Memorial] for a candlelight vigil,” Hraparak writes.      

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