Armenian president refuses PM’s order to remove army chief – Punch Newspapers

Nigeria, Feb 27 2021

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Opposition supporters rally outside the National Assembly building to demand Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation over his handling of last year’s war with Azerbaijan, in Yerevan on . (Photo by Karen MINASYAN / AFP)

Armenia’s President Armen Sarkisian said on Saturday he had refused to sign the prime minister’s order dismissing the chief of the military’s general staff, deepening the country’s political crisis.

“The president of the republic, within the framework of his constitutional powers, returned the draft decree with objections,” the presidency said in a statement, adding that the crisis “cannot be resolved through frequent personnel changes”

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“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS