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SERVING IN ARMENIA'S ARMED FORCES IS BECOMING DANGEROUS: MANUKYAN
epress.am
10.14.2011 17:30
"I am horrified of the incidents taking place in the army - three
deaths in five days," opposition Pan-Armenian National Movement (HHSh)
party leader Aram Manukyan told journalists today, immediately adding
that in no way does he want to use that to strengthen the opposition's
playing cards.
"This is a catastrophe for Armenia - no matter who's in power. In this
state, during this time,190 people were killed in a time of peace in
three years. This means that it becomes dangerous for a person to serve
in Armenia; this means that the army's combat readiness is dropping;
this means that during serious cases, during military action, the
people, citizens, and parents will do everything for their child not
to serve in the army. This has a direct impact on Armenia's national
security. It's the loss of serious merit. This government is doing
nothing in the face of these losses. In doing nothing, this government
has only one way to go and that's to resign," he said.
Referring to speeches he's made in the past 4-5 months, Manukyan
said he considers the country's number one problem to be emigration
- a real national tragedy - "but the phenomenon of victims of army
perversions in the past month even surpassed this. It came and secured
the dominant place in our problems."
epress.am
10.14.2011 17:30
"I am horrified of the incidents taking place in the army - three
deaths in five days," opposition Pan-Armenian National Movement (HHSh)
party leader Aram Manukyan told journalists today, immediately adding
that in no way does he want to use that to strengthen the opposition's
playing cards.
"This is a catastrophe for Armenia - no matter who's in power. In this
state, during this time,190 people were killed in a time of peace in
three years. This means that it becomes dangerous for a person to serve
in Armenia; this means that the army's combat readiness is dropping;
this means that during serious cases, during military action, the
people, citizens, and parents will do everything for their child not
to serve in the army. This has a direct impact on Armenia's national
security. It's the loss of serious merit. This government is doing
nothing in the face of these losses. In doing nothing, this government
has only one way to go and that's to resign," he said.
Referring to speeches he's made in the past 4-5 months, Manukyan
said he considers the country's number one problem to be emigration
- a real national tragedy - "but the phenomenon of victims of army
perversions in the past month even surpassed this. It came and secured
the dominant place in our problems."