Friday, November 10 2017 13:45

ArmInfo.Students who protest against the bill to cancel the postponement of compulsory military service, despite the rain that has not stopped since morning,  gathered near the walls of the main building of Yerevan State  University of Armenia.

They are on strike the 4th day.  At this moment students march through the entire building of YSU. According to members of the initiative "For the Development of Science", in the  evening protesters will go to the building of the National Assembly  of Armenia. The parliamentary commission on defense and security  issues must discuss this bill today.

It is also reported that today there will be a "hyper-strike". It  should be noted that on the eve of the evening protest participants  following the meeting of Prime Minister of Armenia Karen Karapetyan  decided to continue the struggle. According to the coordinator of the  group "For the Development of Science" David Petrosyan, on the issue  of deferment from the army, the parties did not come to a common  denominator.  "The Prime Minister invited us to present our  requirements regarding the law after its adoption in the National  Assembly," Petrosyan said. Meanwhile, according to students,  proposals should be considered in advance and immediately included in  the final bill. As a result, the students decided to continue the  strike.

The students intend to continue the protests until the bill (on  October 27 the National Assembly of Armenia adopted it in the first  reading) will not be removed from the agenda. They believe that the  adoption of this bill will seriously damage the system and the  quality of higher education in Armenia. Participants of the action  also assured that many teachers support their position, however, the  university administration exerts pressure on them.

Meanwhile, the draft law on the abolition of the deferment of  compulsory military service, calls for the recruitment of all young  people who have reached the age of 18 and have no health problems  incompatible with service in the Armed Forces.