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The head of the opposition Bright Armenia faction in the Armenian parliament, Edmon Marukyan, has reacted to the recent developments around Onik Gasparyan’s dismissal as chief of the army’s General Staff.

In a public post on Facebook, the MP said some political forces, explicitly or implicitly, accuse Gasparyan of “unprincipled behavior” by accepting his dismissal and leaving office.

“Whereas, Onik Gasparyan is a man with such a strong state mentality that, having the support of a huge part of army generals, he still did not allow the country to be plunged into internal conflicts or bloodshed.

“This is what distinguishes a true statesman from an ordinary politician, which, of course, is incomprehensible to those whose mill the general did not pour water to, transferring his and the military’s demands and the process of getting out of this situation to another plane,” Marukyan said.