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ACCORDING TO DEPUTY FINANCE MINISTER, FINANCING OF OMBUDSMAN'S STAFF WILL NOT BE REDUCED IN 2008
Noyan Tapan
Oct 30, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. By the 2008 draft state budget,
127 million drams is envisaged for expenditures on the staff of
the RA ombudsman, which is less by 6 million drams as compared with
2007. In reality, as the RA deputy minister of finance and economy
Pavel Safarian said at the October 30 joint sitting of the RA National
Assembly standing committees, the financing of the ombudsman's staff
will not be reduced as by the 2007 state budget, 18 million drams
was envisaged for renting a building for the ombudsman office. This
expenditure has been reduced in connection with moving to their
own office.
According to the RA ombudsman Armen Harutyunian, it is envisaged to
raise salaries of technical personnel of the ombudsman's office by
12.7%, while the average salary of the staff, which currently makes
130 thousand drams (about 390 USD) will not be increased.
600 thousand drams is envisaged by the draft budget as annual payments
for the RA ombudsman's office membership of various international
and European structures.
Reponding to questions of MPs, A. Harutyunian considered it desirable
to open branches of the ombudsman's office in some Armenian marzes,
particularly, in Shirak, Lori and Syunik. However, the draft budget
does not envisage any sum for this purpose.
Noyan Tapan
Oct 30, 2007
YEREVAN, OCTOBER 30, NOYAN TAPAN. By the 2008 draft state budget,
127 million drams is envisaged for expenditures on the staff of
the RA ombudsman, which is less by 6 million drams as compared with
2007. In reality, as the RA deputy minister of finance and economy
Pavel Safarian said at the October 30 joint sitting of the RA National
Assembly standing committees, the financing of the ombudsman's staff
will not be reduced as by the 2007 state budget, 18 million drams
was envisaged for renting a building for the ombudsman office. This
expenditure has been reduced in connection with moving to their
own office.
According to the RA ombudsman Armen Harutyunian, it is envisaged to
raise salaries of technical personnel of the ombudsman's office by
12.7%, while the average salary of the staff, which currently makes
130 thousand drams (about 390 USD) will not be increased.
600 thousand drams is envisaged by the draft budget as annual payments
for the RA ombudsman's office membership of various international
and European structures.
Reponding to questions of MPs, A. Harutyunian considered it desirable
to open branches of the ombudsman's office in some Armenian marzes,
particularly, in Shirak, Lori and Syunik. However, the draft budget
does not envisage any sum for this purpose.