The ORO Alliance campaigns are attended by the soldiers of the war in April who are discharged from the army. Manuel Manukyan, a resident of Armavir marz, who attended the ORO campaign in Kotayk marz, said, “After the army, I have realized that fighting is not only in the army. How much you all feel the soldier’s protection, being a soldier I must say that more than that the soldier wants your safety and strength. If there is no strength here, it is vain to think that we would have such results from the army. I was a senior in the positions and responsible for the borders of my country, and with the same responsibility I will fight for the justice of my country and will fight to the end.”
He told that being a son of an ordinary villager, he had presented a program to Seyran Ohanyan about the education of soldiers and without hesitation, he assisted. But he presented the same program to Vigen Sargsyan who refused him, “He rejected without any reasonable ground, and the committee which was there at that time considered my program a good one, later it was rejected during the terms of Vigen Sargsyan.” Manuel Manukyan said that he has many comrades-in-arms and friends who were disappointed after the four-day war and abandoned the country because there were no records made in the military records-book that they are participants of the four-day war, “They left, and now they are working in other countries, ignored by the authorities. This was done for not doing a 20 percent discount on the fee. Therefore, they denied the history, and the history denial is a sacrilege. These guys do not deserve to be treated so for whom we were praying and kneeling. It was the a disgraceful attitude. I urge all the participants of the four-day war stand up and join us.”
