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WAR VETERANS TO SPEND NIGHT AT LIBERTY SQUARE
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2013/06/05/samvel-simonyan
07:25 PM | TODAY | SOCIAL
50 000 roubles...
Karabakh war veteran Samvel Simonyan paid the sum to the state during
the years of the war to buy weapons.
The veteran had saved the money for 30 years to reconstruct his house
after the war. He agreed to give the money to the state on condition
that he would be paid back after the war.
"Today I am turning to Serzh Sargsyan. All documents are inscribed
in the name of "Koval" - Kovalenko Shahgeldyan, Governor of Kotayk
province - who continues to tell me that I need not have gone to the
front," says the indignant veteran.
Simonyan together with a group of fellow veterans spent the night at
Liberty Square. They have declared a three-day sit-in at the square
demanding improvement of social conditions for themselves and their
comrades.
On the second day of the protest, the group has been visited by
Colonel Harutyunyan, a senior representative of the Defense Ministry.
"He said 'everything would be all right, the government was seriously
engaged in the issue.' Now we are waiting for them to keep their
pledge," said Volodya Avetisyan.
Offended by the indifference of the government, the freedom fighters
say the Cabinet officials are dealing with secondary issues, such as
buying bio-toilets.
"Instead of paying $144 000 to buy a bio-toilet they could house 144
freedom fighters who are selling their houses at $ 10 000. They have
spent $ 60 mln to build a church but they seem to have forgotten that
their sins have reached God and even millions of churches cannot save
them from doomsday," added Khachatur Khachatryan.
The disabled veterans say the government did not provide them with
free medicines except Analgin.
The freedom fighters will march tomorrow to the government building
to get an answer to their concerns.
http://www.a1plus.am/en/social/2013/06/05/samvel-simonyan
07:25 PM | TODAY | SOCIAL
50 000 roubles...
Karabakh war veteran Samvel Simonyan paid the sum to the state during
the years of the war to buy weapons.
The veteran had saved the money for 30 years to reconstruct his house
after the war. He agreed to give the money to the state on condition
that he would be paid back after the war.
"Today I am turning to Serzh Sargsyan. All documents are inscribed
in the name of "Koval" - Kovalenko Shahgeldyan, Governor of Kotayk
province - who continues to tell me that I need not have gone to the
front," says the indignant veteran.
Simonyan together with a group of fellow veterans spent the night at
Liberty Square. They have declared a three-day sit-in at the square
demanding improvement of social conditions for themselves and their
comrades.
On the second day of the protest, the group has been visited by
Colonel Harutyunyan, a senior representative of the Defense Ministry.
"He said 'everything would be all right, the government was seriously
engaged in the issue.' Now we are waiting for them to keep their
pledge," said Volodya Avetisyan.
Offended by the indifference of the government, the freedom fighters
say the Cabinet officials are dealing with secondary issues, such as
buying bio-toilets.
"Instead of paying $144 000 to buy a bio-toilet they could house 144
freedom fighters who are selling their houses at $ 10 000. They have
spent $ 60 mln to build a church but they seem to have forgotten that
their sins have reached God and even millions of churches cannot save
them from doomsday," added Khachatur Khachatryan.
The disabled veterans say the government did not provide them with
free medicines except Analgin.
The freedom fighters will march tomorrow to the government building
to get an answer to their concerns.