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    ARMENIAN AGRICULTURE MINISTER BLAMED FOR 'CORRUPTION'

    Asbarez
    http://www.asbarez.com/78030/armenian-agriculture -minister-blamed-for-%e2%80%98corruption%e2%80%99/
    Mar 4th, 2010

    YEREVAN (RFE/RL)-Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan publicly
    lambasted Agriculture Minister Gerasim Alaverdian on Thursday over
    what he called a serious misuse of government funds by senior officials
    from the Armenian Ministry of Agriculture.

    The minister is affiliated with the Prosperous Armenia Party, a junior
    partner in the country's governing coalition.

    The harsh criticism voiced during a weekly cabinet meeting stemmed
    from a financial inspection of ministry records that was conducted
    by the Armenian parliament's Audit Chamber last year. According
    to Sarkisian, the chamber found that the ministry purchased cattle
    medication for farmers across the country from a private supplier at
    a grossly inflated price.

    "Naturally, we should have ruled out such a practice in 2010,"
    Sargsyan told ministers. "But studies show that not only has the
    situation not been rectified but that it has actually deteriorated."

    Sargsyan claimed that two senior Ministry of Agriculture officials
    in charge of procurements, have continued to make sure that supply
    tenders are won by the same company. He implied that they have done so
    for personal and instructed Alaverdian to ask a state body overseeing
    Armenia's civil service to sanction their dismissal.

    The premier went on to declare that he is issuing a "strict reprimand"
    to Alaverdian because of the latter's failure to "properly perform
    his duties." "Such a work style must be ruled out," he said.

    Alaverdian's reaction to the embarrassing criticism was not immediately
    known.
    From: Baghdasarian
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