HONORABLE CITIZENS FOR JIRAYR SEFILYAN’S SAKE

Lragir.am
14:56:38 – 26/02/2009

Jirayr Sefilyan’s citizenship defense committee organized a series
of events in order to change the decision of the Armenian authorities
on not granting a citizenship to Jirayr Sefilyan.

Considering important the moral side of this question the committee
turned to the honorable citizens of Yerevan for assistance and made
a declaration which was signed by the honorable citizens of Yerevan
Gurgen Dalibatyan, Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan, Varduhi Varderesyan,
Albert Azaryan, Hakob Hakobyan, Sos Sargsyan, Vladimir Msryan, Djivan
Gasparyan, Perj Zeytunzyan, Martin Vardazaryan, Azat Gasparyan and
was directed to the president of Armenia.

It is stated in the declaration that any Armenian has the right
of receiving citizenship. It is also stated that though born in
Lebanon Jirayr Sefilyan came to Armenia in very fatal period of its
history. Commander of Shushi battalion Jirayr Sefilyan was awarded
the order Martakan Khach of first degree and has been living in
Armenia for 18 years where his 2 children were born. Rejection of
granting citizenship to Jirayr Sefilyan does not bring honor to our
country. Moreover, that the National Assembly adopted a law on dual
citizenship.