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AUTHORITIES IN SYUNIK PROVINCE COMMIT 'ILLEGAL ACTIONS,' SAYS MP
Tert.am
15.12.11
An opposition Armenian MP has accused the local self-governing bodies
of the country's southern province of Syunik of illegal actions.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Zaruhi Postanjyan of the Heritage
party said that the head community, Rafik Atayan has been pressurized
by the local authorities over his opposition to a government decision
to move the village to another place so that to use the territory
for mining.
As a result, Postanjyan claims, Atayan was obliged to resign and has
already suspended his membership to the ruling Armenian Republican
Party.
Rafik Atayan, together with the villagers, has been vocal in his
criticism against the government decision over the territory rich
in copper.
"In a phone conversation with me days ago Karajan's Community Head
Rafik Atayan expressed his concerns over removal of the village,
expecting to suspend the government's decision by voicing about this
issue," said she.
"It's known that the residents of Karajan village, including the head
of the community, have publicly expressed their disagreement to the RA
government decision of turning the village's territory into a mine,"
Postanjyan added.
Further, she said that the Armenian authorities have stated a war to
the residents of Karajan which she said is of strategic importance
as it borders the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan.
"Together with Kajaran residents we are accepting that war and are
warning to be thoughtful of the consequences of a war unleashed
by Azerbaijan.
Brave Karajani residents, you are not alone in this war!" Zaruhi
Postanjyan concluded.
From: Baghdasarian
Tert.am
15.12.11
An opposition Armenian MP has accused the local self-governing bodies
of the country's southern province of Syunik of illegal actions.
In a statement issued on Thursday, Zaruhi Postanjyan of the Heritage
party said that the head community, Rafik Atayan has been pressurized
by the local authorities over his opposition to a government decision
to move the village to another place so that to use the territory
for mining.
As a result, Postanjyan claims, Atayan was obliged to resign and has
already suspended his membership to the ruling Armenian Republican
Party.
Rafik Atayan, together with the villagers, has been vocal in his
criticism against the government decision over the territory rich
in copper.
"In a phone conversation with me days ago Karajan's Community Head
Rafik Atayan expressed his concerns over removal of the village,
expecting to suspend the government's decision by voicing about this
issue," said she.
"It's known that the residents of Karajan village, including the head
of the community, have publicly expressed their disagreement to the RA
government decision of turning the village's territory into a mine,"
Postanjyan added.
Further, she said that the Armenian authorities have stated a war to
the residents of Karajan which she said is of strategic importance
as it borders the Azerbaijani enclave of Nakhichevan.
"Together with Kajaran residents we are accepting that war and are
warning to be thoughtful of the consequences of a war unleashed
by Azerbaijan.
Brave Karajani residents, you are not alone in this war!" Zaruhi
Postanjyan concluded.
From: Baghdasarian