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CANDIDATE FOR NKR PRESIDENT SAYS CORRUPTION IS THE KEY LASH OF ECONOMY OF NAGORNYY KARABAKH
arminfo
Thursday, July 19, 14:38
The invitation of Robert Kocharyan to Yerevan was a great mistake of
the Armenian authorities. Perhaps, its reason was gaining of extra
dividends. The incumbent president of the NKR Bako Sahakyan, being
the successor of the former power, has diffused diplomacy of Nagornyy
Karabakh Republic even more, a candidate for the Karabakh president,
former deputy defence minister of the NKR, Vitaliy Balasanyan, told
Arminfo correspondent.
He said that withdrawal of the NKR from the direct talks with
Azerbaijan on peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict was another
mistake. He also added that Foreign Ministry of the NKR walked off
from the issue and even the NKR president does not have a significant
effect upon the negotiating process. As a result, Karabakh has turned
into an appendix of Armenia. If coming to the power, Balasanyan is
going to change the situation. He also added that in future they
are going to draw out a strategy of actions for the way out from
the present situation. Anyway, despite the results of the election,
Balasanyan is going to set up a political party or a public movement
which will take part in the next parliamentary election. He said
that creation of a strong counterbalance to the present head of
state is already a significant success, as in that case they will
fulfill the minimum task. Understanding the situation, the power will
do everything possible to reach the needed result. In particular,
the opposition worries that the votes of several thousands of people
absent from the republic, will be used in favor of the power. There
is no doubt that the resource of the army will be also used, he said.
Touching on the situation in the economy, Balasanyan said that the
NKR economy is at the zero level. Taking of taxes at the border to
Armenia also plays a part here, as this leads to growth of prices and
creates corruption risks at the border in the form of bribes. Moreover,
owning the territory at 12 thsd ha, the republic imports agriculture
production. The corruption, which is one of the lashes of the NKR,
hinders development of the economy of the country as well.
Unfortunately, in Karabakh the president himself decides where and when
to hold audit for revealing of the corruption crimes. The diffusion
of the budgetary funds is also evidence of corruption.
Moreover, we have cases when only close relatives of the president
have a right to do this or that business. In particular, the family of
the sister of the incumbent president of the NKR decide the price of
the imported cars. There are buildings and farms which also belong to
the relatives of the head of state. According to various data, about
600 cars were imported to the republic from China and are used for
business purposes. About 1,2 million drams of the budgetary funds are
spent for every car per year. Taking into account not so big budget
of the NKR, it is not difficult to account how much tax payers pay
for service of one car. At the same time, there are villages in the
republic, which have never been visited by any functionary. In case of
coming to the power, the candidate for president is going to radically
change the situation. To recall, the fifth presidential election are
taking place on 19 July in Karabakh.
arminfo
Thursday, July 19, 14:38
The invitation of Robert Kocharyan to Yerevan was a great mistake of
the Armenian authorities. Perhaps, its reason was gaining of extra
dividends. The incumbent president of the NKR Bako Sahakyan, being
the successor of the former power, has diffused diplomacy of Nagornyy
Karabakh Republic even more, a candidate for the Karabakh president,
former deputy defence minister of the NKR, Vitaliy Balasanyan, told
Arminfo correspondent.
He said that withdrawal of the NKR from the direct talks with
Azerbaijan on peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict was another
mistake. He also added that Foreign Ministry of the NKR walked off
from the issue and even the NKR president does not have a significant
effect upon the negotiating process. As a result, Karabakh has turned
into an appendix of Armenia. If coming to the power, Balasanyan is
going to change the situation. He also added that in future they
are going to draw out a strategy of actions for the way out from
the present situation. Anyway, despite the results of the election,
Balasanyan is going to set up a political party or a public movement
which will take part in the next parliamentary election. He said
that creation of a strong counterbalance to the present head of
state is already a significant success, as in that case they will
fulfill the minimum task. Understanding the situation, the power will
do everything possible to reach the needed result. In particular,
the opposition worries that the votes of several thousands of people
absent from the republic, will be used in favor of the power. There
is no doubt that the resource of the army will be also used, he said.
Touching on the situation in the economy, Balasanyan said that the
NKR economy is at the zero level. Taking of taxes at the border to
Armenia also plays a part here, as this leads to growth of prices and
creates corruption risks at the border in the form of bribes. Moreover,
owning the territory at 12 thsd ha, the republic imports agriculture
production. The corruption, which is one of the lashes of the NKR,
hinders development of the economy of the country as well.
Unfortunately, in Karabakh the president himself decides where and when
to hold audit for revealing of the corruption crimes. The diffusion
of the budgetary funds is also evidence of corruption.
Moreover, we have cases when only close relatives of the president
have a right to do this or that business. In particular, the family of
the sister of the incumbent president of the NKR decide the price of
the imported cars. There are buildings and farms which also belong to
the relatives of the head of state. According to various data, about
600 cars were imported to the republic from China and are used for
business purposes. About 1,2 million drams of the budgetary funds are
spent for every car per year. Taking into account not so big budget
of the NKR, it is not difficult to account how much tax payers pay
for service of one car. At the same time, there are villages in the
republic, which have never been visited by any functionary. In case of
coming to the power, the candidate for president is going to radically
change the situation. To recall, the fifth presidential election are
taking place on 19 July in Karabakh.