Thursday, July 29, 2010

9,500 drams to visit the cemetery



Parents of soldiers who died in Armenian military units in peace organized today another protest near the government building.

Parents of soldiers who died in Armenian military units in peace organized today another protest near the government building.

In addition to presenting the circumstances of their sons' murders, they also told "A1+" about their extremely difficult social conditions.

"My wife and I are disabled. We don't have jobs and we have even eaten soil for the past three years because we have no alternative," said Suren Ohanjanyan, father of Tigran Ohanjanyan who was electrocuted according to an official version.

The parents of other soldiers said that they spend their small pension to, as they say, reveal their sons' murders.

The Ministry of Defense pays them 9,500 drams a month as assistance, but the parents consider that ridiculous.

"I asked them if they were paying that money to help the mother of a dead soldier live and they said, "no, that's just money for you to go and visit your son's tomb," said Tigran Ohanjanyan's mother as she transmitted the Defense Ministry representative's answer.

 

Source: The Armenian News by A1+

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