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KARABAKH WAR HEROES PROTEST IN YEREVAN
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/12/freedom-fighter/
16:42 ~U 12.05.13
Over 20 heroes of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war are holding a
sit-in protest in Yerevan's Liberty Square, calling for state measures
to improve their social conditions.
The veteran heroes have launched a petition to urge the Government to
revise the social guarantees and pensions envisaged for the freedom
fighters who participated in military operations for the liberation
of Karabakh.
"Those sums are not enough to allow freedom fighters to take care of
their families," said Volodya Avetisyan, a reserve colonel, who was
the first war veteran to go on a protest on Saturday afternoon.
Avetisyan said they are going to submit their letter to the Government
on Monday and wait until relevant measures are taken.
Rubik Israelyan, a veteran battalion commander, added for his part
that their protest is seen as a big blow to the state. He said they
had sought many solutions before they decided to take extreme measures.
"We have tried a lot, but in vain. Up until 1994, we did what the
nation needed at the cost of our blood. We are the first nation
to celebrate triumph after [King] Tigran the Great. We should be
living in glory today, but we are like the homeless. We speak of
the Genocide every day; what is it? Isn't this a Genocide without
blood?" he told Tert.am.
Israelyan said at the end that all their efforts to have a meeting
with President Serzh Sargsyan had fallen flat. "We don't manage
to meet, sit face to face and talk about what is going to happen,"
the war hero said in a desperate tone.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/12/freedom-fighter/
16:42 ~U 12.05.13
Over 20 heroes of the Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh) war are holding a
sit-in protest in Yerevan's Liberty Square, calling for state measures
to improve their social conditions.
The veteran heroes have launched a petition to urge the Government to
revise the social guarantees and pensions envisaged for the freedom
fighters who participated in military operations for the liberation
of Karabakh.
"Those sums are not enough to allow freedom fighters to take care of
their families," said Volodya Avetisyan, a reserve colonel, who was
the first war veteran to go on a protest on Saturday afternoon.
Avetisyan said they are going to submit their letter to the Government
on Monday and wait until relevant measures are taken.
Rubik Israelyan, a veteran battalion commander, added for his part
that their protest is seen as a big blow to the state. He said they
had sought many solutions before they decided to take extreme measures.
"We have tried a lot, but in vain. Up until 1994, we did what the
nation needed at the cost of our blood. We are the first nation
to celebrate triumph after [King] Tigran the Great. We should be
living in glory today, but we are like the homeless. We speak of
the Genocide every day; what is it? Isn't this a Genocide without
blood?" he told Tert.am.
Israelyan said at the end that all their efforts to have a meeting
with President Serzh Sargsyan had fallen flat. "We don't manage
to meet, sit face to face and talk about what is going to happen,"
the war hero said in a desperate tone.
From: A. Papazian