ANOTHER TOP ARMY GENERAL SIGNALS INTENTION TO RESIGN AND SEEK PARLIAMENT SEAT
Armenpress
Feb 08 2007
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 8, ARMENPRESS: Another top Army General signaled
his intention to resign in order to contest for a parliament seat in
May 12 parliamentary elections, it emerged yesterday. Maj.-General
Seyran Saroyan, commander of the 4-th Army Corps, sent a resignation
application to defense minister Serzh Sarkisian asking him to mediate
before president Kocharian who has the final say in this question.
The news was revealed by deputy defense minister Arthur Aghabekian
who was the first of top Army Generals to seek resignation in order
to be eligible to run for parliament. Aghabekian said earlier he
will rejoin the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) in which he
suspended his membership in 1996 after joining the army.
Aghabekian said his fellow’s move was normal as every man should
himself build his future.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress