9,500 DRAMS TO VISIT THE CEMETERY
July 29, 2010
Parents of soldiers who died in Armenian military units in peace
organized today another protest near the government building.
In addition to presenting the circumstances of their sons’ murders,
they also told “A1+” about their extremely difficult social conditions.
“My wife and I are disabled. We don’t have jobs and we have even eaten
soil for the past three years because we have no alternative,” said
Suren Ohanjanyan, father of Tigran Ohanjanyan who was electrocuted
according to an official version.
The parents of other soldiers said that they spend their small pension
to, as they say, reveal their sons’ murders.
The Ministry of Defense pays them 9,500 drams a month as assistance,
but the parents consider that ridiculous.
“I asked them if they were paying that money to help the mother of a
dead soldier live and they said, “no, that’s just money for you to
go and visit your son’s tomb,” said Tigran Ohanjanyan’s mother as
she transmitted the Defense Ministry representative’s answer.
From: A. Papazian
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