From one defeated “winner=?UTF-8?B?4oCdIA==?=to another: To fight outcome with rallies is pointless

Former oppositional candidate Vazgen Manukyan, who ran for presidency and lost in the second elections of independent Armenia (1996), believes that current oppositional favorite Raffi Hovannisian now has two options – either to accept the election results, or keep holding rallies, which experience has proven to be ineffective.

Incumbent president Serzh Sargsyan has been pronounced the official winner of the February 18 presidential elections by preliminary count, while Hovannisian came second in the big race. Hovannisian and his supporters claim that the official results were forged and say they are planning to fight the outcome.  Read more... (312 words)

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