Zhirayr Sefilyan appointed Garegin Chughaszyan as his legal successor

Artsakh war hero, initiator of New Armenia movement Zhirayr Sefilyan, who is currently under arrest, has appointed his teammate Garegin Chughaszyan as his legal successor, Sefilyan stated in his open letter. 

According to him for a lot of years they have together planned their actions, however he was the one to make public statements, now according to him Chughaszyan should take that mission.  Sefilyan has also urged his teammates to follow Chughaszyan's instructions. 

"The April war has demonstrated that there is a plan on returning the territories. It became obvious that Serzh Sargsyan for retaining the power has become copartner of this plan, consequently our main task should be prevention of revolt, which may arise for maintaining territorial integrity of our country. In this light we should establish a coordination body in order to keep the tidal wave within civilized framework and achieve building of new statehood. In other case the revolt may be sudden and shocking", he stressed. At the same time Sefilyan has stated that one should not rely on political forces and should work with those persons, whose reputation is not tainted. 

On June 20, 2016, Zhirayr Sefilyan was detained on suspicion of organizing a criminal group. 8 persons face charges of acquisition and keeping of weapons and ammunition. 6 have been arrested and 1 is wanted.  According to the Special Investigative Service of Armenia, Sefilyan and his supporters were planning to seize buildings of state importance in early April. Earlier, New Armenia activist Karo Yeghnukyan said that Sefilyan was detained at Sardarapat. The measure of restraint against Sefilyan is a two-month arrest.