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of the elections held in the assembly and the victory of the “velvet” revolution
in the background of the celebrations, another important event took place.
Political prisoner Andrias Ghukasyan was released.

There is
confidence that in the near future there will be no political prisoners in Armenia at all
won’t be. Unfortunately, this work will not be done as quickly as it needs to be
to radically change the completely rotten judicial system of Armenia, which is about one
during a quarter of a century it was governed by one cabinet and was not independent.
Immediately after freedom, Andrias Ghukasyan on May 8, 2018 interview gave There he is
claims. “Back on June 13, the “Otki! Armenia” movement addressed a letter to the UN
to the Secretary-General that there is evidence of which side has violated the ceasefire
during the April War. It was the Azerbaijani side, as of that moment
There was no official information on who attacked Ilham on April 2
Aliyev was not held accountable. The criminal prosecution against me had begun
still on June 20, 2016.”

Then
he says “We have published that famous video where it can be seen that
How do Azerbaijani soldiers infiltrate the rear of Artsakh Defense Forces, we ask
We raised whether there is a specific party responsible for that crime
not to be without consequences. We see that Armenia has not taken any steps to date
To hold Azerbaijan accountable, that is a fact.”

He
confirms the idea that Zhirayr Sefilyan, the hero of the Artsakh war, too
was imprisoned for the same reason. By the way, after the April war, he just
accused Serzh Sargsyan of betrayal and betrayal. 2016 April
The topic of the war was analyzed in depth by the RAHRC as early as 2017. at the end, “The Artsakh war and
The inadequacy of Armenia’s foreign policyin the work. It shows why the video published by Andrias Ghukasyan and sent to the UN Secretary General is still so dangerous for Serzh Sargsyan. And not only because he proves that Azerbaijan was the first to start the attack on Artsakh. Until now, it is not clear why the political and military leadership of Armenia and Artsakh was silent, why Yuri Khachaturov was calmly playing billiards for himself instead of announcing the alarm, why the army was in a poor technical condition, which was revealed only after the war, and much more. The real culprits of the incident, not only from the Azerbaijani side, but also from our side remained unpunished. At best, some officials were released from the army, and Chief of the General Staff Yuri Khachaturov was even promoted. Thank God, all the witnesses of the events that happened two years ago are alive and well. They are Commander-in-Chief Serzh Sargsyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs Edward Nalbandian, Minister of Defense Seyran Ohanyan, Chief of the General Staff Yuri Khachaturov, NKR President Bako Sahakyan, NKR Defense Minister Levon Mnatsakanyan. Actions of NA MP Mihran Poghosyan on those days also raise some questions. There is no doubt that one day they will testify, and the societies of Armenia and Artsakh will know who has what place in that military-political defeat of 2016. And until then, as in the case of the events of March 1, the questions remain.

Hope
there is that the new leadership of the country will not let this case die. To the mentioned questions
the answers are relevant because they directly affect the combat of our army
on increasing the spirit and defensiveness. At least until now April
the initiation of a criminal case on the facts of the war remains relevant.

Karapet Kalenchyan