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  • RA Control Chamber Reveals Violations Of 1.3 Billion Drams In 5 Out

    RA CONTROL CHAMBER REVEALS VIOLATIONS OF 1.3 BILLION DRAMS IN 5 OUT OF BODIES AND PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO CONTROL IN FIRST HALF OF 2008

    Noyan Tapan
    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=117515
    Se p 17, 2008

    YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 17, NOYAN TAPAN. In the first half of 2008, the RA
    Control Chamber revealed various financial violations of a total of
    1.3 billion drams (about 4.3 million USD) in 5 out of the bodies and
    programs subject to control: the RA ministry of agriculture, the RA
    ministry of urban development, the Syunik regional administration,
    the communities of Syunik marz, and the World Bank-financed City
    Heating Project. The chairmman of the Control Chamber Ishkhan Zakarian
    announced this at the September 17 press conference. Some materials
    will soon be sent to the prosecutor's office.

    "Some state officials will be punished, and the state losses will be
    recovered without fail," he said.

    According to I. Zakarian, various violations of about 240 million
    drams concerning the use of allocations from the 2008 state budget for
    the implementation of programs were revealed at the ministry of urban
    development. In particular, checks showed violations of 2.1 mln drams
    from the sale of several vehicles of the ministry, and violations of
    14 billion drams in construction work. Upward distortions of nearly
    171 million drams were discovered in 26 out of the 213 repaired
    facilities checked selectively, which, as I. Zakarain said, means
    "payments against work which was not done, it is a gross violation,
    and this money should be paid back to the state budget."

    The CC also revealed the fact that fines and penalties of 6.5
    million drams for delayed work were calculated but not levied by
    the ministry for transfer to the state budget. The CC found out some
    cases of inflating door and window prices, as well as cases of causing
    damage to the state during implementation of the Apartment Purchase
    Certificate program due to inefficient activity of the State Urban
    Development Inspection.

    Violations of a total of 284 million drams were revealed by inspection
    of a number of programs implemented by the ministry of agriculture
    in 2007 (in particular, programs on the cleaning of river beds
    and the reinforcing of river banks, and on construction of border
    check points), as well as by examination of the activities of some
    institutions (state nonprofit organizations) under the jurisdiction
    of the ministry.

    By the conclusion of the Control Chamber, the WB-financed City Heating
    Project is a failure. To substantiate this opinion, I. Zakarian
    gave as an example the fact that only 193 poor families out of the
    envisaged 4,000 were supplied with heating in 2006-2007. He said
    that this project to be completed in the autumn of 2009 will be in
    the center of their attention.
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