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ARMENIAN PARLIAMENT PROTESTS AGAINST ARMENIAN CONTROL CHAMBER CHAIRMAN'S BEHAVIOR
by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, February 4, 15:41
The parliamentary opposition protests against the behavior of the
Armenian Control Chamber Chairman Ishkhan Zakaryan, who refused to
personally present the Control Chamber's report to the Parliament
and has sent the deputy chairman to the session.
At the National Assembly's session, Head of the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) Faction Levon Zurabyan pointed out that following the
scandalous disclosures by the Control Chamber in 2012-213, Ishkhan
Zakaryan no longer attends the Parliament to present the Control
Chamber's report despite the numerous demands of the parliamentarians.
Zurabyan also asked Seyran Avagyan, Deputy Chairman of the Control
Chamber, to leave the Parliament because according to the legislation,
the report is to be presented by the Chairman, not the Deputy
Chairman. Zurabyan also noted that if Zakaryan cannot personally attend
the session today, the parliamentarians "will patiently wait for him".
Speaker of the Parliament Galust Sahakyan, in turn, said that he does
not want to boycott Avagyan's speech. He added that like any other
official, Ishkhan Zakaryan has the right to go on vacation.
For his part, ANC parliamentarian Gagik Jhangiryan read out an extract
from the law, which says that it is the chairman of the Control Chamber
that shall present the report to the Parliament. "If the Parliament
ignores its own law, what do we demand from other structures? Ishkhan
Zakaryan should have presented the results of last year's report, as
well as the results of numerous cases of abuse. What do we do now? Who
will answer the numerous questions of the Parliament?" said Jhangiryan.
Speaker Sahakyan said that Avagyan will also be able to give exhaustive
answers to all the questions of the MPs.
To note, since 2012 Zakaryan's work style has changed. Previously he
regularly imported the media of the disclosures by the Control Chamber
and each of such reports was full of scandalous data. After 2012 he
gave up that work style and some experts say that either he does not
simply want to cast a shadow on the RPA's election campaign with his
loud disclosures or he has been warned not to make such statements.
If Zakaryan kept that effort, the Government of Armenia and all the
ministries and officials would be qualified as thieves.
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From: Baghdasarian
by Ashot Safaryan
Wednesday, February 4, 15:41
The parliamentary opposition protests against the behavior of the
Armenian Control Chamber Chairman Ishkhan Zakaryan, who refused to
personally present the Control Chamber's report to the Parliament
and has sent the deputy chairman to the session.
At the National Assembly's session, Head of the Armenian National
Congress (ANC) Faction Levon Zurabyan pointed out that following the
scandalous disclosures by the Control Chamber in 2012-213, Ishkhan
Zakaryan no longer attends the Parliament to present the Control
Chamber's report despite the numerous demands of the parliamentarians.
Zurabyan also asked Seyran Avagyan, Deputy Chairman of the Control
Chamber, to leave the Parliament because according to the legislation,
the report is to be presented by the Chairman, not the Deputy
Chairman. Zurabyan also noted that if Zakaryan cannot personally attend
the session today, the parliamentarians "will patiently wait for him".
Speaker of the Parliament Galust Sahakyan, in turn, said that he does
not want to boycott Avagyan's speech. He added that like any other
official, Ishkhan Zakaryan has the right to go on vacation.
For his part, ANC parliamentarian Gagik Jhangiryan read out an extract
from the law, which says that it is the chairman of the Control Chamber
that shall present the report to the Parliament. "If the Parliament
ignores its own law, what do we demand from other structures? Ishkhan
Zakaryan should have presented the results of last year's report, as
well as the results of numerous cases of abuse. What do we do now? Who
will answer the numerous questions of the Parliament?" said Jhangiryan.
Speaker Sahakyan said that Avagyan will also be able to give exhaustive
answers to all the questions of the MPs.
To note, since 2012 Zakaryan's work style has changed. Previously he
regularly imported the media of the disclosures by the Control Chamber
and each of such reports was full of scandalous data. After 2012 he
gave up that work style and some experts say that either he does not
simply want to cast a shadow on the RPA's election campaign with his
loud disclosures or he has been warned not to make such statements.
If Zakaryan kept that effort, the Government of Armenia and all the
ministries and officials would be qualified as thieves.
http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=167CBFF0-AC6B-11E4-BE350EB7C0D21663
From: Baghdasarian