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TIGRAN KHZMALYAN: THE SOCIETY NOT ONLY HAS RIGHT, BUT IT ALSO MUST EXACT AN ACCOUNT FROM AUTHORITIES ABOUT SITUATION IN ARMY
ArmInfo
2010-11-26 15:18:00
ArmInfo. The society not only has the right but also must exact an
account from the authorities about the situation in the army, film
director Tigran Khzmalyan, representative of Sardarapat initiative
group, said at today's sitting dedicated to the recent incidents in
the army.
According to Khzmalyan, the excuses of officials of various ranks that
"the situation in the army reflects the society in general" stand no
criticism. On the contrary, Khzmalyan thinks that first and foremost
the situation in the society deserves criticism: "We criticize the
society created by the efforts of present authorities and their
predecessors, therefore, we exact an account from them". The film
director recalled that like the power in general, the armed forces
exist due to the tax payers having the right know how their funds
are spent. He pointed out that the Armenian army is the biggest army
in the world from the viewpoint of its ratio against the country's
total population. "I even do not take into account the internal
troops and the police. There are unprecedentedly many armed people
in our country", he said. Moreover, Khzmalyan thinks that the events
of 1 March 2008 and application of army forces against the people
provided the army with the police functions, which actually makes
a destructive effect on the army itself. "Our society is divided
into classes, it has become extremely polarized and based on the
principles of injustice. And all this is called healthy competition,
the only correct way of development in XXI century.
All this makes an impact on the army and the shameful situation in it",
said Khzmalyan and added that the present army consists of the children
of poor people and those who could not or did not want to save their
sons from military service for the reasons of national honor. "The
army has become a prison, a police department", he stressed. He thinks
that the last target in the chain of destroyed values is a family. "An
awful television propaganda is being conducted, moreover, from this
viewpoint the entertaining TV channels are even more harmful than
the untalented programs of state television", said Khzmalyan. In the
context of the specified problems, even not a revolution, but a radical
change of the whole system is needed. The system of values and manner
of thinking imposed by the authorities need to be changed, he said.
From: A. Papazian
ArmInfo
2010-11-26 15:18:00
ArmInfo. The society not only has the right but also must exact an
account from the authorities about the situation in the army, film
director Tigran Khzmalyan, representative of Sardarapat initiative
group, said at today's sitting dedicated to the recent incidents in
the army.
According to Khzmalyan, the excuses of officials of various ranks that
"the situation in the army reflects the society in general" stand no
criticism. On the contrary, Khzmalyan thinks that first and foremost
the situation in the society deserves criticism: "We criticize the
society created by the efforts of present authorities and their
predecessors, therefore, we exact an account from them". The film
director recalled that like the power in general, the armed forces
exist due to the tax payers having the right know how their funds
are spent. He pointed out that the Armenian army is the biggest army
in the world from the viewpoint of its ratio against the country's
total population. "I even do not take into account the internal
troops and the police. There are unprecedentedly many armed people
in our country", he said. Moreover, Khzmalyan thinks that the events
of 1 March 2008 and application of army forces against the people
provided the army with the police functions, which actually makes
a destructive effect on the army itself. "Our society is divided
into classes, it has become extremely polarized and based on the
principles of injustice. And all this is called healthy competition,
the only correct way of development in XXI century.
All this makes an impact on the army and the shameful situation in it",
said Khzmalyan and added that the present army consists of the children
of poor people and those who could not or did not want to save their
sons from military service for the reasons of national honor. "The
army has become a prison, a police department", he stressed. He thinks
that the last target in the chain of destroyed values is a family. "An
awful television propaganda is being conducted, moreover, from this
viewpoint the entertaining TV channels are even more harmful than
the untalented programs of state television", said Khzmalyan. In the
context of the specified problems, even not a revolution, but a radical
change of the whole system is needed. The system of values and manner
of thinking imposed by the authorities need to be changed, he said.
From: A. Papazian