Former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan issued the following statement today, warning of the risks that a military coup in Armenia poses.

I fully understand the indignation of the highest command of the military and the army’s stance to interfere in political processes beyond its competence, the reason for which was nothing but the careless attempt of the Prime Minister to blame the humiliating defeat on the army.

At the same time, I would like to welcome the restrained behavior of the military in response to calls or incitements by some forces to provoke it towards unconstitutional action. I consider such behavior as an exemplary manifestation of the state mentality of the army leadership, an honest effort to keep the country free from destructive shocks, which deserves the sincere gratitude of our entire nation.

At the same time, I consider the irresponsible statements of some politicians, proposing a military coup as a positive way to heal the state, based on successful examples in some countries (South Korea, Egypt), as extremely dangerous and reprehensible, Of course, there are such examples, but there are ten times more cases when coups, becoming the norm, literally led to the destruction of the state and the suffering of the peoples (Afghanistan, Sudan, Nicaragua, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Libya, Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, etc.).

Therefore, it is the duty of all Armenians to be guided exclusively by this consciousness, to do everything so that Armenia is not included in the list of the above states.

Source: ilur.am