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the defense minister

20.01.2018

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in Artsakh on the night of January 16 under unknown circumstances
a soldier died. As reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Artsakh,
“At around 01:15 in the northern direction of the Defense Armylocateddefensive
In 1998, he was mortally wounded in one of the points under unexplained circumstances. born Resurrection
Khachatryan. An investigation is underway to find out the circumstances of the incident.” What?
the Ministry of Defense is silent about “undisclosed circumstances”.
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In general, in 2018 from the beginning, before the month is over,
there were several incidents. On January 4, two servicemen were seriously injured by a mine explosion
they received and will remain disabled for the rest of their lives, on January 6, he died from an “unfortunate accident”.
Mher Zeroyan, on January 7, the bullet fired by an Azeri sniper hit Vache Chilingaryan.
And in November of last year, three soldiers were killed again by a mine explosion.
another one was seriously injured. As of today, the most recent incident in January
It was on the 17th, this time already in Tavush region of RA. A contractor was wounded by an enemy bullet
soldier, 30-year-old Adibek Mikoyanthe

A:the most terrible
is that we are already kind of “used to it”.to news reports about tragic events:
We have become “accustomed” to the fact that no one is responsible for these losses
wear, all is forgiven. Meanwhile, society must soldier on to deathcaseobject of complaint
to raise his voice and demand that the guilty be brought to justice. This never happens
can be tolerated.

2016 year April war, while causing great misery, revealed of army building in been the terrible gaps, which were overlooked our military by the department: Universal corruption, non-statutory
relations, “dedovshchina” foreverare the “weak” places of the army: Illegalities because of servicemen of suicide cases have been registered, and the culprits, as a rule,
remained unpunished.

2016year October
3-in Vigen Sargsyan appointed is protection minister: Thatfrom the date one for more than a year is passed: What? isto changeabove specifiedfrom the state. Almost nothing. Meanwhilethe people big hopes was pinning with him, it in sense, thatthe new ministerwill be able to eliminate wounds in the army, which ones accumulate werehimselffrom ahead: Why? for evenmandatorywas not military have an education: It was enoughto have political decision to make will: Desire case can wasstudy and imitate, for exampleIsrael’s experience, where? young men and: women general military in terms of service absolutely cases of corruption, “dedovshchina” are excluded,
other negative phenomena.

instead protection the minister is busy
is in other cases: «nation–army-church» idea is nomination. We understand that fundraising is a valuable addition to improving life in the military and providing additional care for certain service members. But when we see foreign luxury cars with license plates of the RA Ministry of Defense (worth more than 50,000 dollars) along with all of this, involuntarily doubts arise as to where the 1000 drams transferred from our monthly salaries actually go, and do they really need such cars? Or we see deputies, high-ranking officials children do not serve in the army again, and preferential service conditions are created for some.

The people have lost confidence in the leadership of the army and do not believe their words at all. The April war showed that the people and the army were already united without the adoption of that combination, and literally the next morning, hundreds of volunteers from different cities of the country left for positions. The Minister of Defense could fix many things in more than a year, but as we can see, he could not overcome the most fundamental problems. The rest is just an application. Again, no conclusions will be made. At best, he can be transferred to another, more prestigious position for the death of servicemen without incurring any liability.

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