American-Armenian musician, lead vocalist of the System of a Down rock band Serj Tankian has sent a letter to Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan in connection with the February 18 presidential election, in which he congratulates the incumbent on his formal reelection, but also casts doubts about the fairness of the vote.
In the letter Tankian, in fact, supports the claims by opposition leader Raffi Hovannisian, who was the main challenger of Sargsyan in the ballot, and now is disputing his election victory. The musician known as a staunch civil rights activist also effectively backs Hovannisian's demands for punishment of vote riggers, dissolution of the National Assembly and holding of new genuinely free and fair elections as a compromise to end the post-election crisis in Armenia – something that has reportedly been rejected by Sargsyan.
Armenian News
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