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Haykakan Zhamanak: Armenian defense minister sees no reasons to quit
09:45 - 21.05.13
Below is an excerpt from paper's interview with Minister of Defense
Seyran Ohanyan minutes after the funerals of the army private who was
killed tragically last week.
`Mr. Ohanyan, why didn't you submit a resignation after you knew
the soldier's coffin was on the Yerevan-Sevan highway?'
`But who has said I was supposed to resign?'
`The non-regulatory relations in the military cause the death of
one soldier each weak.'
`That isn't true; you are mistaken.'
`Don't you see anything that could cause you do hand in a
resignation?'
`And who demands that ...? It is my people and my leader that can
evaluate my work. '
`Has ever a dead body been carried to the Government building?
Don't you think that's an evaluation by the people?'
`That's how people evaluate the fact.'
`Has any official been held accountable so far for the
non-regulatory relations in the military.'
`Many, many times.'
`Name someone, one person at least.'
`Deputy chiefs of the General Headquarters and heads of departments
have been punished and [other] department heads have been sacked.'
`Has anyone been held criminally liable?'
`What for? It is normally the criminals who face criminal
liability.'
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian
09:45 - 21.05.13
Below is an excerpt from paper's interview with Minister of Defense
Seyran Ohanyan minutes after the funerals of the army private who was
killed tragically last week.
`Mr. Ohanyan, why didn't you submit a resignation after you knew
the soldier's coffin was on the Yerevan-Sevan highway?'
`But who has said I was supposed to resign?'
`The non-regulatory relations in the military cause the death of
one soldier each weak.'
`That isn't true; you are mistaken.'
`Don't you see anything that could cause you do hand in a
resignation?'
`And who demands that ...? It is my people and my leader that can
evaluate my work. '
`Has ever a dead body been carried to the Government building?
Don't you think that's an evaluation by the people?'
`That's how people evaluate the fact.'
`Has any official been held accountable so far for the
non-regulatory relations in the military.'
`Many, many times.'
`Name someone, one person at least.'
`Deputy chiefs of the General Headquarters and heads of departments
have been punished and [other] department heads have been sacked.'
`Has anyone been held criminally liable?'
`What for? It is normally the criminals who face criminal
liability.'
Armenian News - Tert.am
From: Baghdasarian