YEREVAN. – Armenia’s opposition Heritage Party Chairman Raffi Hovannisian—who is declared runner-up to the winner, incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan, as a result of the presidential election on February 18, but who claims to be the real winner in the vote—stated on February 22 that those who voted for Sargsyan cannot be considered people, and that solely those cities and villages where Hovannisian won have a moral fiber, Iravunk daily reports.   

“This [statement] was made during a program, with [host] Petros Ghazaryan, [that aired] on the television [company] that belongs to the [Prosperous Armenia Party] PAP. During the same program, Raffi [also] invited PAP to join the actions against the [serving] Armenian president.  

It will become clear soon as to whether such program attests to certain shifts within the PAP, or whether Petros continues to be governed by the office of [Armenia’s second President] Robert Kocharyan.

At any rate, it is apparent that Kocharyan is providing a clandestine support to Raffi,” Iravunk writes.