Thursday, February 21, 2013

Decision 2013: Hovannisian heading for talks with Sargsyan amid post-election standoff

Opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, who is disputing the outcome of the Monday presidential election officially giving victory to President Serzh Sargsyan, told a group of his supporters in Liberty Square today that he was heading for talks with the incumbent.

The leader of the opposition Heritage party, who officially polled close to 37 percent of the vote in the ballot, as opposed to Sargsyan's official count of about 59 percent, yesterday gave Sargsyan until 2 pm today to meet him to start discussions on the transfer of power to the people – a definition that a Sargsyan spokesman said was "vague".

Earlier, the presidential aide said the head of state was ready to meet Hovannisian "at any time" convenient to the opposition leader.

Armenian News

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