Rights Of Military Servants Not Stipulated In Law

RIGHTS OF MILITARY SERVANTS NOT STIPULATED IN LAW

Panorama.am
14:55 16/11/06

"Military service and human rights are contradicting at
the first glance but there is an option under which they are
compatible." Vaga Amirkhanyan, head of "Hakastver" NGO (Against
shadow), said. Amirkhanyan talks about contract service. Harutiun
Mukhsi -Hoveyan, personnel department head at the ministry of defense,
said there are a lot of contract military servants in the army but
he declined to unveil their number.

Speaking about prospects of contract service, Mukhsi-Hoveyan said,
"Time will show." He also said contract service will run together
with compulsory military service.

"Contract service is a base for democracy in the army which will
respect the right of military servants," Vladimir Priakhin, OSCE
Yerevan Office head, said.

"After constitutional changes, there is a need to make amendments in
a number of laws, including relating to military," Serjik Avetisyan,
judge of military and criminal affairs appeal court, said. He said
there are laws in Russia will enable a military servant to complain
against the orders of his commanders as well as defense minister and
chief headquarter commander which are not available in Armenia. He
said Armenian laws enable to complain against higher rank orders only
through supervisors.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS