Don’t forget officer’s dignity

Yerkir/Arm
24 June 05

As reported earlier, on June 21, Pavel “Aparantsi Pavlik” Manukian
was rushed to a Stepanakert hospital after sustaining severe beating.

Manukian was running for the Karabakh National Assembly from the
ARF-Movement 88 bloc, and is a renowned veteran of the Artsakh
liberation war.

After recovering in the hospital, Manukian said he was beaten in the
office of the NKR defense minister. He also said that Defense Minister
Seyran Ohanian and Deputy DM Samvel Karapetian struck the first blows
knocking him down and then other military officers joined in.

The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) Artsakh Central Committee
has demanded that the NKR president fire all the high-ranking officers
involved in the incident. Requests for an impartial investigation of
the incident have also been sent to the president of the Republic of
Armenia, military prosecutor and other governmental agencies.

It remains to see what results the investigation would bring. But
one thing is clear outright: it was a low act unfit for a military
officer. Armenian army officer’s honor is not in the number of stars
on epaulettes or the office he holds.

Since when is it a “bravery” for Armenian men to attack when
outnumbered? Our enemies, not combat friends, should give us
opportunity to use our bravery. Is it possible you have forgotten who
our enemy is? Or maybe office and interest make forget friendship so
quickly? If yes, then we all have been punished.