If a dispute between 18-19-year-olds in the army ends with suicide or murder, the officers of the particular military unit are the first ones to blame. This is what leader of Republic Party Aram Sargsyan wrote on his Facebook page today.

“I deeply share the sorrow and grief of the relatives of the deceased serviceman. If a dispute between 18-19-year-olds in the army ends with suicide or murder, the officers of the particular military unit are the first ones to blame, and it doesn’t matter whose son the serviceman is. Is there or is there no presumption of innocence in Armenia? Overall, the army reflects the society with a condensation of the good and bad,” he stated.