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SASUN MIKAELYAN: DEFENSE MINISTER'S RESIGNATION NOT TO IMPROVE ARMY
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 19, 2011 - 18:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's
resignation will not improve the situation in the army.
"The situation in the army greatly distresses me. In a young army
like that there must not be such incidents. However, the situation
in the army is not quite connected with the minister but rather with
the system itself," Sasun Mikaelyan, commander of Sasun detachment
told a press conference in Yerevan. He added that for the army to
function properly the countries authority system should first function
properly. According to him one minister's resignation will not change
anything. Here he stressed that unity between society and authorities
can prevent new incidents.
Recently the Armenian society has come to sharply react to army
incidents. Particularly violent was the reaction with regard to
serviceman Aghasi Abrahamyan's case.
On August 26, Aghasi Abrahamyan, born 1992, was brought unconscious to
a military hospital, where he died later. Later, medical examination
resealed marks of violence on the soldier's body. On Septmeber 6
two officers have been arrested as result of investigation into the
death of serviceman Aghasi Abrahamyan. The officers were detained
in accordance with article 375 of Armenian Criminal Code (misuse of
authority, administrative dereliction) stipulating for 2-13 years
of imprisonment.
PanARMENIAN.Net
September 19, 2011 - 18:27 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenia's Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan's
resignation will not improve the situation in the army.
"The situation in the army greatly distresses me. In a young army
like that there must not be such incidents. However, the situation
in the army is not quite connected with the minister but rather with
the system itself," Sasun Mikaelyan, commander of Sasun detachment
told a press conference in Yerevan. He added that for the army to
function properly the countries authority system should first function
properly. According to him one minister's resignation will not change
anything. Here he stressed that unity between society and authorities
can prevent new incidents.
Recently the Armenian society has come to sharply react to army
incidents. Particularly violent was the reaction with regard to
serviceman Aghasi Abrahamyan's case.
On August 26, Aghasi Abrahamyan, born 1992, was brought unconscious to
a military hospital, where he died later. Later, medical examination
resealed marks of violence on the soldier's body. On Septmeber 6
two officers have been arrested as result of investigation into the
death of serviceman Aghasi Abrahamyan. The officers were detained
in accordance with article 375 of Armenian Criminal Code (misuse of
authority, administrative dereliction) stipulating for 2-13 years
of imprisonment.