MP: Officers who are comfortable and silent don’t know Pashinyan well

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Armenia – Sept 5 2022

Some officers, who think they can keep silent and get favorable conditions for themselves, do not know Pashinyan well, opposition MP Tigran Abrahamyan told NEWS.am.

He is convinced that Pashinyan will sacrifice all of them until he gets an opportunity to completely avoid personal responsibility.

The deputy noted that from the point of view of public perception, Shushi has a cornerstone significance, so the authorities want to hurriedly shift the episode of the war to different actors.

"For me, these cases were not a coincidence. Charges have been brought against people who became actors in the hostilities," he added. Our interlocutor is referring to former commanders of the Artsakh Defense Army Jalal Harutyunyan and Mikael Arzumanyan, who have been charged with negligence during the 44-day war.

Abrahamyan is sure that we cannot expect unbiased investigation of the cases under the current authorities. The authorities are pursuing a certain goal, and they have said so publicly.

"The goal is to blame the volunteers, the officers, the top army personnel, but not the political authorities," the deputy noted.

He recalled that wars are fought by states, and the political authorities are responsible for the outcome of the war.

"The number one responsible and guilty party is the political authority and its leadership, including Nikol Pashinyan who became the Supreme Commander in Chief during the war," Abrahamyan concluded.