Newspaper: Armenia acting premier instructs provincial governors to sack school principals who support another force S

News.am, Armenia
June 16 2021

YEREVAN. – Iravunk daily of Armenia writes: According to rumors circulating in the air, [acting PM] Nikol Pashinyan has instructed all provincial governors to pursue and find a clear justification for dismissal in order to dismiss those [school] principals and educators who, although are forced to come to his [election] campaigns, but from underneath support another [political] force [running in the snap parliamentary elections this Sunday].

Such problems have arisen especially in Aragatsotn, Shirak, and Lori provinces after Nikol had uproarious failures in pre-election meetings. As a result, he has instructed to find out in every possible way and expose the "players from underneath."

Our source also informs that such a demand has put the [provincial governors in a deadlock. The thing is that, for example, in order to get rid of a teacher who works for other forces, [he/she] needs to be informed about it from the school principal. But how when many school principals themselves work on another wing, becoming an example for teachers? And while they will be informed through other channels, the elections will be over.

Emil Lazarian

“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