Armenia's Hovhannisyan claims victory in presidential elections

Leader of the Heritage party Raffi Hovhannisyan has offered Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to meet with him and hand authority over to him, Times.am reports.

Hovhannisyan said that he has won the presidential elections, while according to the official results incumbent President Serzh Sargsyan won with around 58 per cent of the votes.

“Now it is obvious that the Armenian nation has won,” Raffi Hovhannisyan said. "No one will steal freedom and the Constitutional Court from us. It belongs to the nation.”

The leader of the Heritage party recalled that he called on Serzh Sargsyan to hand over authority to him. “I called on him yesterday to become the first President who would recognize the victory of the nation. Unfortunately, he has not managed to do it yet. But it is still not too late, we will meet tomorrow at 17:00 and before that I will offer Serzh Sargsyan to hand authority over to me” he announced.