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AUTHORITIES SEEK TO ALIENATE ARMY - ACTIVIST
Tert.am
17.02.12
The Armenia based Sardarapat Movement has protested against parliament
approved law on the Legal Regime of State of Emergency.
An activist of the group, Zhirayr Sefilyan, believes that such
legislation is aimed at alienating the people from the army.
"Over the past 20 years, we managed to get rid of the totalitarian
regime. If our present-day government system has at least one
institution our people respect, that's our army, because it came into
existence as a result of the Artsakh liberation war," he told a news
conference on Friday.
Sefilyan said that any attempt aimed at bringing the army into a clash
with the people will cause the military to take sides with the crowd.
"A son cannot lift his hand against a parent," Sefilyan said.
Garegin Chugaszyan, another activist of the group, characterized the
move as an attempt to suppress public gatherings with the help of
the army's military equipment and armament.
"The authorities are in this way giving themselves away, demonstrating
the lack of self-confidence," he said, adding that the move will
cause the dissatisfaction of those army officials who haven't lost
their sense of dignity.
Both activists agreed that the existing concerns will unlikely result
in any clashes, noting that the repetition of an 'Arab Spring-like'
scenario is ruled out in Armenia.
"This is not a classical boycott, but rather contempt against the
regime-proposed games," Sefilyan added.
Tert.am
17.02.12
The Armenia based Sardarapat Movement has protested against parliament
approved law on the Legal Regime of State of Emergency.
An activist of the group, Zhirayr Sefilyan, believes that such
legislation is aimed at alienating the people from the army.
"Over the past 20 years, we managed to get rid of the totalitarian
regime. If our present-day government system has at least one
institution our people respect, that's our army, because it came into
existence as a result of the Artsakh liberation war," he told a news
conference on Friday.
Sefilyan said that any attempt aimed at bringing the army into a clash
with the people will cause the military to take sides with the crowd.
"A son cannot lift his hand against a parent," Sefilyan said.
Garegin Chugaszyan, another activist of the group, characterized the
move as an attempt to suppress public gatherings with the help of
the army's military equipment and armament.
"The authorities are in this way giving themselves away, demonstrating
the lack of self-confidence," he said, adding that the move will
cause the dissatisfaction of those army officials who haven't lost
their sense of dignity.
Both activists agreed that the existing concerns will unlikely result
in any clashes, noting that the repetition of an 'Arab Spring-like'
scenario is ruled out in Armenia.
"This is not a classical boycott, but rather contempt against the
regime-proposed games," Sefilyan added.