SUPREME COMMANDER IN CHIEF TO DECIDE FATE OF DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER

PanARMENIAN.Net
22.03.2008 16:02 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The fate of Deputy Defense Minister, lieutenant
general Manvel Grigoryan will be decided by the Supreme Commander in
Chief, RA Defense Minister Mikael Harutyunyan.

"Lieutenant general Grigoryan has been on leave.

According to the Constitution, the President will take a decision,
since as the Supreme Commander in Chief, he is empowered to appoint
or dismiss, or confer military ranks," he said.

Earlier, Serzh Sargsyan expressed regret that "Manvel Grigoryan
attempted to engage in politics and disobey the Supreme Commander
in Chief."

During the February 21 rally, former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan
announced that two Deputies to the RA Defense Minister, including
Lieutenant general Manvel Grigoryan, head of the Yerkrapah union,
joined the opposition movement.