A group of employees at the scandal ridden Byureghavan Boarding School have petitioned Armenian Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan to reinstate a number of colleagues fired from the school by Gayaneh Margaryan, the institution’s former director.

The authors of the open letter claim that immediately after being appointed director in May 2014 Margaryan tricked a number of employees into signing three month employment contracts and then discharged them.

In November of last year Margaryan was arrested and charged with using torture against children under her care and for financial misconduct during her term in office.

They claim that Margaryan then proceeded to hire her relatives and friends as replacements.