Yerevan Media Report on Crisis in Management of Armenian State, Army

Baku / 05.11.20 / Turan: The current government refused to accept the opposition's proposal and create a state defense committee, that is, to share responsibility for what is happening, while Pashinyan's propaganda is pursuing a line of shifting responsibility for defeat, the Yerevan newspaper Irates writes about this.

“The ruling circles have formulated and have already put into circulation a clear message that the previous government is supposedly to blame for all this and that what is happening is a consequence of their policy. They say that in this way they are trying to share the blame and not leave responsibility for the current situation only to the current government, since after the war many questions will have to be answered and the government does not want to take on this burden,” the Yerevan newspaper writes.

The press mocks Armenian officials who talk a lot about the urgent need for a nationwide mobilization to the front, but do not want to fight themselves.

One of these messages: "The Minister of Justice of Armenia Rustam Badasyan does not plan to go to the front yet." “I have no such plans,” Rustam Badasyan said, answering a question from journalists whether he is going to go to the front.

“If the need arises, I am ready to serve my homeland, there are no problems,” he said.

Non-governmental political forces in Armenia are also in prostration. The Zhokhovurd newspaper writes that the delegation of the Prosperous Armenia party, which was in Moscow from October 29, has returned to Yerevan and does not want to report on the results of the trip.

“Despite the fact that, according to our information, representatives of the Prosperous Armenia faction held meetings in Moscow with representatives of the ruling and opposition parties, they decided not to talk about the results of their visit to Moscow. The meetings were numerous, but it is too early to say how effective they can be,” the newspaper writes.

The publication notes that on the very first day they met with representatives of the party of Vladimir Zhirinovsky and personally with him, as well as with deputies of the State Duma and representatives of the United Russia party.

The delegation included Vice Speaker of the Parliament Vahe Enfiajyan, Chairman of the Standing Committee on Regional Issues and Eurasian Integration Mikael Melkumyan, Secretary of the Prosperous Armenia faction Arman Abovyan and MP Naira Zohrabyan.

The press secretary of the Armenian army Artsrun Hovhannisyan remains at the center of the irony of Armenian journalists. The Hraparak newspaper writes that persistent talks about the appointment of Hovhannisyan to one of the vacant posts of Deputy Minister are being circulated in the Defense Ministry.

“In the coming days, this post will be taken by Artsrun Hovhannisyan, who has become the idol of some people these days, who every day provides information about the situation at the front (sometimes having no connection with reality) and, regardless of the situation prevailing at the front, inspires: “We will win,” - this is the exact quote from this newspaper publication.

Hraparak writes that according to sources, the Prime Minister's wife Anna Hakobyan is interested in the appointment of Hovhannisyan to this post. “This is not serious, impossible,” Artsrun Hovhannisyan said. And when asked why it is impossible, whether he meets the qualification requirements for the post of Deputy Minister, Artsrun Hovhannisyan did not want to answer.

One of Hovhannisyan's winged statements can be read in the Armenian website Aysor.am: today the Armenian side is acting more confidently than 15 days ago, he said. “I don’t want to say that the most difficult days are over, perhaps there will still be such days. But now our self-organization and management are in a better state.

We do not see panic or disorganization,” said the representative of the Ministry of Defense, while the Armenian media report on the closed only road between Armenia and Karabakh. Safe passage along the "Lachin corridor" became impossible due to the shelling by the Azerbaijani army, which had reached the nearest heights along this road. The entire occupation corps of the Armenian army has fallen into the Karabakh trap.    –0 ----