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ARMENIAN OPPOSITION MP SLAMS VOROTAN CASCADE DEAL
13:35 * 03.02.14
An Armenian opposition lawmaker has criticized the government's recent
deal to sell the Yerevan Cascade Hydro plant to a US company.
Speaking at the National Assembly on Thursday, Levon Zurabyan of the
opposition Armenian Congress said he finds the deal a violation of
the privatization law. He said the Government sold the hydroelectric
power plant to the US power company ContourGlobal without putting
the issue on the parliament's agenda.
"We know the Government signed a deal with US firms by directly selling
the property to those companies. Well, we don't see any problem about
a sales deal with US companies; the problem for us is that the law is
being violated. The law clearly says that only movable property can
be sold without any approval of the program. But the entire property
has been sold here in violation of the law," he added.
Addressing Hovik Abrahamyan, the National Assembly's speaker, Zurabyan
asked him if he doesn't find such a position bad for the parliament's
reputation.
Abrahamyan said he doesn't share the opposition MP's position, asking
him to avoid linking private affairs with the National Assembly's
image, role or reputation. He promised to address the issue in case
the alleged violations of the privatization law prove true.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/02/03/levon-zurabyan/
13:35 * 03.02.14
An Armenian opposition lawmaker has criticized the government's recent
deal to sell the Yerevan Cascade Hydro plant to a US company.
Speaking at the National Assembly on Thursday, Levon Zurabyan of the
opposition Armenian Congress said he finds the deal a violation of
the privatization law. He said the Government sold the hydroelectric
power plant to the US power company ContourGlobal without putting
the issue on the parliament's agenda.
"We know the Government signed a deal with US firms by directly selling
the property to those companies. Well, we don't see any problem about
a sales deal with US companies; the problem for us is that the law is
being violated. The law clearly says that only movable property can
be sold without any approval of the program. But the entire property
has been sold here in violation of the law," he added.
Addressing Hovik Abrahamyan, the National Assembly's speaker, Zurabyan
asked him if he doesn't find such a position bad for the parliament's
reputation.
Abrahamyan said he doesn't share the opposition MP's position, asking
him to avoid linking private affairs with the National Assembly's
image, role or reputation. He promised to address the issue in case
the alleged violations of the privatization law prove true.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/02/03/levon-zurabyan/