Armenian Bishop Unable to Calm Down Mothers of Dead Soldiers (VIDEO)

01.27.2015 16:22 epress.am

Four years ago today, on January 27, behind the bars of the
Presidential Palace, the mothers of dead soldiers spoke to President
Serzh Sargsyan who promised that their children’s cases would be
investigated fairly and those guilty would be punished. This promise
was never fulfilled and today, those same mothers raised the issue of
the President’s promise in front of the palace, while holding the
photo they had of their conversation with the president. Another copy
of the photograph was thrown to the ground by the mothers. One of the
police officers asked them to stop stepping on the photo of the
president. “But you’re also in the photo,” said one of the police
officers, however, that did not convince the protesters who kept
stepping on the photo, after which the officer came, picked up the
photo and left.

The Presidential staff, once again, did not meet with the protesters.
A meeting was taking place with the state commission for organizing
events for the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

After the meeting at Presidential Palace, Bishop Bagrat Galstanyan
exited the building and approached the mothers in order to listen to
their issues. The protesters spoke to the clergymen with “Who are you
praying for? The bastard president?”

Bishop Bagrat asked the mothers to calm down. Gohar Sargsyan, the
mother of soldier Tigran Ohanjanyan, responded saying that they would
not calm down until their sons’ case’s are dealt with in a just
manner.

“Problems are not solved like this, isn’t there another way? A legal
avenue, court, trial,” advised Bishop Bagrat.

“We have tried every avenue. There are no fair trials. If the chief
commander commands, the issue will be solved, if not, then no,” said
Gohar Sargsyan.

The mothers also complained that the church is not on their side either.

For details, watch the video. (In Armenian)

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress