David Petrosyan: We demand an apology from the leadership of YSU for  unreasonable slander

ArmInfo.The youth movement "For the Development of Science", protesting against the law on "Military Commitment and the Status of a Serviceman" demands an apology from the leadership of YSU for unreasonable slander.

Note that YSU Rector Aram Simonyan said today that the actions of  students are coordinated by foreign organizations, which is proved by  the fact that they resumed the hunger strike immediately upon return  from the Soros Foundation conference in Poland.

"My participation in the conference of the Soros Foundation in Poland  was originally agreed with the leadership of the university and  signed in the rectorate.This conference has nothing to do with the  protest actions that we are conducting," the leader of the youth  movement told ArmInfo on December 18 movement "For the Development of  Science" David Petrosyan.

Petrosyan noted that he participated in a conference related to  elections. The student noted that all the leadership of the YSU,  including the rector, signed and assured all necessary documents for  his trip, and they knew which conference was held in Poland and for  what purpose. "This accusation has nothing to do with our protest  actions, we are not led by anyone, and we demand that the leadership  of the university that slandered us publicly ask us for forgiveness,"  Petrosyan said.

As for the accusations of Deputy Defense Minister Artak Zakaryan "in  whimsical behavior" and the refusal of students to continue  constructive talks, Petrosyan said that out of 2 proposals submitted  by members of the initiative - one proposal concerning the transfer  of higher education to the army - was completely rejected. As for the  second part of the students' talks with the government about setting  criteria for talented young people with a view to postponing them  from the army, Petrosyan noted that this issue should be handled by  the authorities. "Negotiations on this score are pointless, our main  goal was not coordination of these issues. The fact that we proposed  everything was rejected, therefore, we considered these negotiations  ineffective and resumed our struggle," the student explained.

Note that the protesting students today announced the resumption of  an indefinite hunger strike until their demands are met. In this  regard, YSU Rector Aram Simonyan in a conversation with the radio  "Azatutyun" said that the resumption of hunger strikes by students  was the task of the West. "They returned from Poland the day before  yesterday, with the well-known Soros conference, therefore, most  likely they received certain instructions there, and in the morning  they went into the audience and went on a hunger strike." We will not  interfere with them, "Simonyan said.  According to Simonyan, the  students chose the wrong path. "The fact that they are spreading and  what they intend to do is not in the interests of our people and not  in the interests of the development of science," Simonyan said. He  stressed that students are trying to politicize this movement. "My  personal opinion is that they are being led, and there is nothing  spontaneous in this hunger strike," the rector said, adding that he  is confident that students want to destabilize the political  situation.

Note that this morning the First Deputy Minister of Defense of  Armenia Artak Zakaryan stated in his conversation with journalists  that such behavior of students and the termination of negotiations by  them is a whim, as at the meeting of the Defense Minister with  students a clear agreement was reached on submitting proposals to the  sensational law, instead of this youth representatives went on a  hunger strike.