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ARMENIA-BASED NO SILENCE GROUP DEMANDS RESIGNATION OF JOINT STAFF CHIEF
Tert.am
17:44 14.10.11
In response to the demand for Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan's resignation by the Facebook group "Army free of dubious
suicides", and the group's calls for joining this demand, the No
Silence action group states that it is the Chief of the Joint Staff,
General Yuri Khachaturov rather than the minister of defense that is
in direct command of the military personnel.
"It is common knowledge that Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov is
holding this post in Armenia. It is the Joint Staff that is organizing
the daily service of the Armenian army. Therefore, it is the chief
of Joint Staff that is immediately responsible for the quality of the
army's everyday life. In this respect, a public demand for resignation
of the Joint Staff chief, not of the defense minister, must be made,"
says the group's statement.
"Of course, we must not stop at this. This resignation is supposed to
inaugurate the reforms of the high command (generals) of the Armenian
army. The later we start this process the longer our brothers and
friends will face dangers in the army," says the statement.
The No Silence action group has at its disposals evidence (mainly
video records) of corruption of 18 top-ranking army officers. However,
the group does not consider it advisable to make it public now.
The group believes that it is only resignations that can change the
situation in the Armenian army. Posts must be held by people concerned
with army problems and soldiers' life, who are well informed of modern
military art and military psychology.
Tert.am
17:44 14.10.11
In response to the demand for Armenian Defense Minister Seyran
Ohanyan's resignation by the Facebook group "Army free of dubious
suicides", and the group's calls for joining this demand, the No
Silence action group states that it is the Chief of the Joint Staff,
General Yuri Khachaturov rather than the minister of defense that is
in direct command of the military personnel.
"It is common knowledge that Colonel-General Yuri Khachaturov is
holding this post in Armenia. It is the Joint Staff that is organizing
the daily service of the Armenian army. Therefore, it is the chief
of Joint Staff that is immediately responsible for the quality of the
army's everyday life. In this respect, a public demand for resignation
of the Joint Staff chief, not of the defense minister, must be made,"
says the group's statement.
"Of course, we must not stop at this. This resignation is supposed to
inaugurate the reforms of the high command (generals) of the Armenian
army. The later we start this process the longer our brothers and
friends will face dangers in the army," says the statement.
The No Silence action group has at its disposals evidence (mainly
video records) of corruption of 18 top-ranking army officers. However,
the group does not consider it advisable to make it public now.
The group believes that it is only resignations that can change the
situation in the Armenian army. Posts must be held by people concerned
with army problems and soldiers' life, who are well informed of modern
military art and military psychology.