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    ONLY THE REPUBLICAN ENDORSED PRIVATIZATION

    Lragir.am
    12 April 06

    On April 11 the National Assembly devoted all the three sittings
    to the question of confirming the Report on Privatization of State
    Property 2001-2003, but this time was not enough. The speeches of
    the speakers and committee chairs were put off for the next day.

    However, today already it is obvious that the opposition, part of
    independent members of parliament and the Orinats Yerkir Party
    disapprove the plan. The Republican endorsed it, the Armenian
    Revolutionary Federation did not say anything. Both the opposition
    and pro-governmental members of parliament point to the low prices of
    privatization. MP Victor Dallakyan mentioned that a company assessed
    at 5 billion was sold for 976 million, another company assessed at
    3 billion was privatized for 150 million. Yet another company with
    a value of 125 million was sold for 34 million and so on. Besides,
    Victor Dallakyan mentioned a name. The minister of trade and economic
    development Karen Chshmarityan bought several buildings on Koryun
    Street for only 45 million dollars. "In the same neighborhood a
    three-room apartment costs 150 thousand dollars, 75 million drams,"
    added Victor Dallakyan to compare, and urged to condemn those facts and
    not to adopt the report. The others were not happy with privatization
    either. Aghasi Arshakyan, for instance, said it is not privatization
    but total pillage. Hovanes Margaryan said Orbita Company assessed at
    3.212 billion was sold for 116 million. Only this deal inflicted a
    loss of 3.5 billion drams on us. These billions, he said, belong to
    the country. Manuk Gasparyan stated that privatization is supposed
    to be transparent whereas, he says, there is no transparency at all,
    and the deal of Hrazdan 5 was a concealed anti-national deal. Aram
    Sargsyan said, "The program of privatization was worked out to
    enable pillage. This economic policy is corrupt, if carried on it
    will destroy our sovereignty."

    Arshak Sadoyan said, "We give our blood and nervous system to
    aliens." Heghineh Bisharyan said, "The companies that were not included
    in the program were privatized on government's decisions."

    On April 12 the representatives of committees and Speaker Arthur
    Baghdasaryan will address the parliament. Arthur Baghdasaryan promised
    to bring facts of illegal actions. The speaker of parliament expressed
    concern in the form of questions: how does it happen that one of the
    two neighboring buildings is assessed at 1000 drams, the other 100
    thousand drams. Details on April 12.
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