Opposition factions accuse authorities of death of servicemen in fire

ArmInfo.The "Armenia" opposition faction of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia expresses deep condolences to the families of the servicemen  who died in the fire. This is stated in the message of the faction on  its Facebook page.

<Another disaster is recorded in the armed forces. As a result of the  fire, 15 servicemen died in the fire, there are wounded. We express  our deepest condolences to the families of the victims, relatives and  our people. We wish a speedy recovery to the injured soldiers. At the  same time, we state that this tragedy once again proved the lack of  political responsibility of the government.  It was the ignorance of  the constantly sounding alarms, including those documenting the  shameful and deplorable state of army construction, deployment  conditions, building construction and the organization of maintenance  of individual parts of our armed forces, equipping many sections of  the border strip, that led to the tragedy"  the statement says.  In  the statement of another opposition faction, "I have the honor",  which was circulated by NA deputy Hayk Mamijanyan, it is emphasized  that the tragedy is the result of the collapse of the state  administration system and the criminal indifference shown by the  military and political authorities towards the army.  <This  government of Armenia brings only death and disaster to our people,  and in the conditions of a decapitated army, unfortunately, such  tragedies have become inevitable in our reality.  The "I have the  honor" faction of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia  expresses condolences to the families, relatives and friends of the  15 dead servicemen, wishes a speedy recovery to the wounded  servicemen," the statement says, which also emphasizes that the "I  have the honor" faction will be consistent in the issue of legal and  political responsibility of the true perpetrators of the tragedy. As  a result of a night fire in the barracks in the village of Azat,  Gegharkunik region, 15 conscripts died, three were hospitalized in  serious condition. Authorities cited a violation of the rules for  handling flammable substances as the reason. The command staff of the  2nd Army Corps was dismissed.