Sasna Tsrer Foundation responds to namesake group`s call to rename  itself    

ArmInfo. The Board of Trustees of Sasna Tsrer Foundation has responded to the namesake group's call to rename itself.     

The Foundation says in a statement that renaming the Foundation is  one of the priorities of the Board.  "However, it is still impossible  to change the list of the beneficiaries, because the benefactors'  funds should be distributed among the relatives, families of the  persons who undergo political pressure or are in custody for their  political views," the authors say.    

To note, earlier Head of Sasna Tsrer (Daredevils of Sassoon) group  headquarters Pavel Manukyan and Spokesman Varuzhan Avetisyan sent an  open letter to the founder of Sasna Tsrer Foundation Felix  Hayrapetyan, urging him to dissolve the Foundation. They noted  particularly that the Foundation has made its contribution to  "liberation of the Motherland" and deserves gratitude, however due to  the activities of some members of the Board of Trustees, who used the  name of the Foundation in their own political goals, the further   work of the Foundation is not reasonable. "If you intend to continue  the humanitarian aid, please do it through a foundation with another  name", the authors noted. At the same time, they urged the supporters  of the  group not to allocate money to the Foundation and their  relatives not to  become beneficiaries of the Foundation. 

To note, Founding Parliament movement member Zhirayr Sefilyan's wife  Nanor Sefilyan stated that she was leaving the Board of Trustees of  Sasna Tsrer Foundation. "I cannot work in a Foundation, which is  called Sasna Tsrer but its work contradicts its political views", she  noted. At the same time, she pointed out that no transparency is  ensured in the Foundation's activities.  

To recall, Sasna Tsrer Foundation was established on August 31 in  Armenia for supporting the arrested members of the Sasna Tsrer group  and their families. The father of Kyureghyan brothers Armenak  Kyuregyan was appointed Chairman of the Foundation. On the first day  of the Foundation's existence, as much as 700 USD and 30 thousand AMD  were transferred to its account.