Over the current year, 44 incidents resulting in the deaths if servicemen occurred in Armenian army, a member of Sardarapat movement, film director Tigran Khzmalyan stated.

As he said at National Security and Defense Committee meeting, “only 7 out of 44 tragedies can be blamed on the rival, while the rest of those were caused by internal problems. Every week sees a new incident. A simple change of power is not enough to repair the situation, amendments on a structural level being crucial.”

Representative of the oppositional Armenian National Congress Samvel Semirjyan, in turn, stated, “We mustn’t be afraid to discuss Armenian army-related problems. We never raised the issue in public, which why the situation in the army has gone worse.”