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    CONTROL CHAMBER FINDINGS ADDRESS DEVELOPMENT SECTOR IN GENERAL, SAYS MINISTER

    12:51 ~U 02.07.13

    The violations which the Control Chamber has revealed as a result
    of recent inspections address construction activities in general,
    Armenia's minister of urban development has said, dismissing the
    opinion that the findings target only his agency.

    At a news conference held at the Government's Press Center on Tuesday
    morning, Samvel Tadevosyan explained the fact does not absolutely
    relieve the Ministry of any responsibility for the existing situation.

    "The Ministry has implemented several projects, and the preliminary
    results are now obvious. Of the 6.5 billion Drams allocated from
    state resources, only 1 billion has been saved, which is only 15%
    of the total volume," he said.

    The minister stressed the need of finalizing the number and percentage
    of the existing gaps before making any facts public.

    "I have no doubt as to the professionalism of the Control Chamber
    experts, but the reports do not contain in-depth analyses and
    conclusions. The Ministry has conducted studies throughout the year,
    revealing the source of the violations," Tadevosyan said, attributing
    most shortcomings to licensed companies.

    The minister noted further that organizations responsible for
    technical inspection also often failed to work properlys to reveal
    gaps and shortcomings.

    "Licensed companies carry out a technical inspection of 5-150
    organizations through just a couple of employees. We studied and
    suspended 550 construction companies last year, returning 53 million
    Drams to the State Budget," he said.

    Speaking of kickbacks, the minister noted that the 15% savings policy
    is aimed at abolishing such malpractices.

    Asked whether the Ministry has ever turned to the Prosecutor General's
    Office after finding violations, Tadevosyan said that they have
    chosen instead impose extra-requirement on companies. "Based on the
    Ministry's studies, however, we last year sent a couple of cases to
    the Prosecutor's Office," he answered.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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