YEREVAN. – During the civic forum he held on Friday, 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—announced the formation of the New Armenia movement, Zhamanak daily reports.

“This is one of the single specific episodes in Raffi Hovannisian’s activities following the presidential elections which [that is, the aforesaid announcement], however, can be considered long overdue.      

The declaration of a New Armenia is not even half of the task because a precise structure, work need to be envisioned under declarations.

It should be noted, however, that, at present, Raffi Hovannisian will be compelled to fight not so much against the authorities, but rather the ‘bourgeois-democratic’ [parts of the] opposition. And unless Hovannisian conquers the oppositional positions, having claims toward the positions of the authorities would be self-deception,” Zhamanak writes.