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KARABAKH WAR VETERAN: ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN ARTSAKH WAR VETERANS THE FINGER
by Marianna Lazarian
Tuesday, July 23, 16:14
The Armenian Government has given the Artsakh war veterans the finger,
Grisha Sargsyan, Chairman of the Military-Patriotic Union of the
Artsakh War Veterans, said at today's press conference.
"About three months have passed since we raised the social problems
and came out with our demands, but not a single step has been taken
to help us. The Government's statements about the empty state treasury
are just attempts to throw dust into our eyes. If they have no money,
let them not buy expensive composting toilets, expensive official
cars and let them not conduct asphalt works where it is not needed",
he stressed.
He added that their protest action has been suspended to coordinate
the further steps. Sargsyan said that the Armenian Parliament has not
yet adopted a single bill to protect the rights of the Artsakh war
veterans. As regards the law "On the status of Yerkrapah volunteers"
recently adopted by the Parliament, it does not defend their rights,
he said.
Araik Khudaverdyan, another veteran, said that everyone takes advantage
of the veterans' privileges, except the veterans themselves, who are
turned adrift in the world and have to make two ends meet.
To recall, in May 2013 Volodya Avetisyan started a sit-down strike in
Liberty Square. He demanded that the state should pay proper attention
to the difficult social conditions of the Artsakh war veterans.
On July 17 Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the
Karabakh war veterans holding a protest action in Liberty Square of
Yerevan. They came to the agreement that the veterans would cooperate
with the state structures to discuss the problems and find acceptable
solutions to the problems. In the meantime, the Premier unintentionally
said that the state treasury has no money to help veterans.
To note, Hrachya Harutyunyan, whose KamAZ has recently crashed into
a passenger bus in Russia and killed 18 people, is also a veteran
of the Karabakh war. He lived in desperate conditions in Armenia and
left for Russia to earn money to make his son's tombstone.
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by Marianna Lazarian
Tuesday, July 23, 16:14
The Armenian Government has given the Artsakh war veterans the finger,
Grisha Sargsyan, Chairman of the Military-Patriotic Union of the
Artsakh War Veterans, said at today's press conference.
"About three months have passed since we raised the social problems
and came out with our demands, but not a single step has been taken
to help us. The Government's statements about the empty state treasury
are just attempts to throw dust into our eyes. If they have no money,
let them not buy expensive composting toilets, expensive official
cars and let them not conduct asphalt works where it is not needed",
he stressed.
He added that their protest action has been suspended to coordinate
the further steps. Sargsyan said that the Armenian Parliament has not
yet adopted a single bill to protect the rights of the Artsakh war
veterans. As regards the law "On the status of Yerkrapah volunteers"
recently adopted by the Parliament, it does not defend their rights,
he said.
Araik Khudaverdyan, another veteran, said that everyone takes advantage
of the veterans' privileges, except the veterans themselves, who are
turned adrift in the world and have to make two ends meet.
To recall, in May 2013 Volodya Avetisyan started a sit-down strike in
Liberty Square. He demanded that the state should pay proper attention
to the difficult social conditions of the Artsakh war veterans.
On July 17 Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan met with the
Karabakh war veterans holding a protest action in Liberty Square of
Yerevan. They came to the agreement that the veterans would cooperate
with the state structures to discuss the problems and find acceptable
solutions to the problems. In the meantime, the Premier unintentionally
said that the state treasury has no money to help veterans.
To note, Hrachya Harutyunyan, whose KamAZ has recently crashed into
a passenger bus in Russia and killed 18 people, is also a veteran
of the Karabakh war. He lived in desperate conditions in Armenia and
left for Russia to earn money to make his son's tombstone.
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