Tuesday, November 27 2018 12:17

ArmInfo. Acting Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attacked Karabakh officials, who sharply responded to the statement by member of Pashinyan's "My Step"  election bloc Sasun Mikayelyan, that the victory of the people in the  revolution is more important than the Artsakh liberation war.

The statements voiced from Stepanakert angered Pashinyan, who  expressed surprise at such a reaction to Mikayelyan's statement.  "Undoubtedly, Mikayelyan himself understood that he made a not very  correct comparison, and he himself corrected his statement, saying  that he means the fact that the April revolution plays an important  role in terms of fixing the victory in the Artsakh liberation war,  and not vice versa. And I do not understand the inspiration of some,  especially after this adjustment. Reflecting on the current  situation, I suddenly remembered a couple of my meetings, where I  said that I would not allow making money illegally on boots, clothes  and food of the soldiers, to ensure my own well-being. I am even more  surprised by the fact that those who have been witnessing how to rob  the army over the years are reacting to this formulation," Pashinyan  complained.

He continued, adding that he was surprised that those who had "sewn  up their mouths for many years, watched the army being plundered, and  some even took part in the process, responded to Mikayelyan's  statements. "And now they suddenly decided to earn political points  on this unfortunate formulation, I will not allow that!!! Those who  stole bread from the soldiers will be brought to justice in turn,  they have no forgiveness. These few people who ask and beg to stop  criminal cases against them, and we tell them that they need to  return what was stolen from the servicemen; it seems to them that  this is a reason for encouragement. Do not dare to be inspired, sit  in your seats and wait for what we are doing to become a reality and  do not force us talk about these topics more openly. Do not hope for  forgiveness, you are responsible for your every robbery. Do not think  that you can take dividends on one sentence and think that people are  naive or subjecting your compatriots to self-justice, become a  defender of the inspectors.  At the same time, he urged not to  perceive the policy pursued by them as a weakness. Pashinyan promised  to "get everyone", and assured that he would not allow manipulating  the Armenian people. "Take care of your service and do not dare to  stick your nose in politics. I will apologize for this erroneous  wording a thousand times, but I will not allow anyone to earn  political dividends. These underground Republican mafia-style games  will not work, calm down!", He concluded.

To note this statement caused a negative reaction in Stepanakert. The  Secretary of the NKR National Security Council, the hero of Artsakh,  Vitaly Balasanyan called to come to his senses. "The national  liberation struggle, founded in 1988, is a victory for our people  living in Armenia, Artsakh and the Diaspora. NKR is the achievement  and pride of all Armenians. It is surprising and even arouses anger  that these days, during the election campaign to the RA National  Assembly this fact is speculated and understated in some party  interests. I would like to remind Sasun Mikayelyan, who went through  the horrors of the Artsakh war, that the revolution that occurred in  Armenia in the last period cannot be considered a more serious  victory than the Artsakh liberation war and even more the foundation  of the second Armenian Republic. Such statements at least cast doubt  on the participation of such persons in state- building. It is  regrettable that such statements are made in the presence of the  Supreme Commander-in- Chief of Armenia. ! ".

A statement was made by the NKR Ministry of Defense Spokesman Senor  Asratyan, who noted that the statement of a person is ambiguously  perceived when he has nothing to speak, but the desire to speak is  great. "The proof is a statement made by Sasun Mikaelyan, or rather  an attempt to compare or belittle national phenomena. P.S. Try to  abandon this habit, especially when it comes to the Artsakh war of  liberation, built on the blood of thousands of heroes" Asratyan  wrote. And Artsakh President's Advisor Arshavir Gharamyan called for  deleting the name of Sasun Mikayelyan from the heroes of the Artsakh  war.  To note, Sasun Mikayelyan, a member of the Armenian parliament,  a member of the My Step bloc led by Nikol Pashinyan, believes that  the victory of the people in the revolution is more important than  the Artsakh war of liberation. "We won the Artsakh war. I'm not  afraid to say that this victory that you, the people, won in our  country is more important than the Artsakh liberation war,"  Mikayelyan said during the election campaign with the participation  of premiere of Armenia in the city of Talin.