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Raffi Hovannisian and his supporters should form a real political agenda, Aravot daily’s editor-in-chief Aram Abrahamyan told a news conference today. 

“I will die if you take the oath” - such behavior is not a political agenda. At best, it is a moral pressure, while at worst it is childish behavior,” Abrahamyan said.

Editor-in-chief of 168 Hours daily Satik Seyranyan, for her part, said that the current processes have gone beyond the political arena.

“The current situation is notable because there is no atmosphere of hatred and hostility that existed during almost all elections. But I think currently there are no political motivations for it,” Mrs Seyranyan said.

The speakers agreed that irrespective of possible future developments, Serzh Sargsyan and Raffi Hovannisian should sit at a negotiating table, and the March 1, 2008 events will not recur as neither Raffi Hovannisian nor Serzh Sargsyan want to go for clashes.

The Central Electoral Commission of Armenia on February 25 announced the final results of the presidential elections in Armenia. According to them, Serzh Sargsyan won the elections with 58.64% of the votes, while his closest rival, Raffi Hovannisian, received 36.75% of the votes. Hovannisian disagrees with the election results and is holding mass protest actions. On March 4, representatives of Raffi Hovannisian and former candidate Andrias Ghukasyan handed an appeal to the Constitutional Court disputing the results of the February 18 presidential elections in Armenia.

Raffi Hovannisian began hunger strike at Liberty Square on March 10 evening.