Honorable citizens of Yerevan sign
The "Jirair Sefilyan Civil Rights Defense Committee" has appealed to honorable citizens of Yerevan with the hope of their support for "changing the inacceptable decision of RA authorities to not grant citizenship to Jirair Sefilyan." The following is the text proposed to citizens to sign:
"We honorable citizens of Yerevan city of the Republic of Armenia consider it normal for each Armenian to have the right to be granted RA citizenship regardless of birthplace.
Jirair Sefilyan, who was born in Lebanon, volunteered to fight during the Artsakh war, commander of the Shushi special regiment, deputy coronel of the storeroom who has settled in the Republic of Armenia for the past 18 years and is a father of two sons, has the desire to become a citizen of the Republic of Armenia and it is a sign of dishonor for the state and the people to deny citizenship, especially when the National Assembly has passed a law on "Dual Citizenship", which gives each Armenian the opportunity to become a citizen of the Republic of Armenia.
Thus, we appeal to the RA President to revise the issue of Jirair Sefilyan's citizenship and grant him citizenship of the Republic of Armenia."
According to representatives of the committee, the following honorable citizens of Yerevan have signed under the text:
Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Arkadi Ter-Tadevosyan, Varduhi Varderesyan, Albert Azaryan, Hakob Hakobyan, Sos Sargsyan, Vladimir Msryan, Jivan Gasparyan, Perch Zeytuntsyan, Martin Vardazaryan and Azat Gasparyan.
