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ART UNION PRESIDENT SAYS HIS DETENTION RESULTED FROM ABUSE OF POWER
Tert.am
15.12.11
After being detained and freed recently, the president of Narekatsi Art
Union and the director of GH Storage Enterprises, Narek Harutyunyan,
considers all kinds of accusations against him unjustified.
At a news conference on Thursday, Harutyunyan said some officials had
attempted to abuse power by detaining him, having turned a blind eye
to his unbiased efforts to contribute to the development of Armenia.
"The taxation act imposed on my company is absurd. We have never
avoided the Tax Inspection," he said.
Introducing the circumstances of Harutyunyan's case, his lawyer Lernik
Hovhannisyan said he had been subjected to a five-day detention,
without having any obligation to pay any tax.
He said that the former director of GH Storage Enterprises, Sevak
Artsruni, had abused authority in the company and added therefore
that his client cannot be held liable for its tax duties amounting
to 110 million drams (about $28,000).
"The sudden deterioration of relations caused Sevak Artsruni to inform
the law enforcement agencies, through a written letter, that the
company intentionally evaded taxes. He is confident that there are also
shadow forces that attempt to seize the company's property," he said.
Harutyunyan said the incident would not cause him to leave Armenia
or get disappointed with his homeland.
"It's not my home country that disappoints me, but the officials who
have to be replaced," he said, calling upon the population of Armenia
to join their efforts to fight injustice.
Tert.am
15.12.11
After being detained and freed recently, the president of Narekatsi Art
Union and the director of GH Storage Enterprises, Narek Harutyunyan,
considers all kinds of accusations against him unjustified.
At a news conference on Thursday, Harutyunyan said some officials had
attempted to abuse power by detaining him, having turned a blind eye
to his unbiased efforts to contribute to the development of Armenia.
"The taxation act imposed on my company is absurd. We have never
avoided the Tax Inspection," he said.
Introducing the circumstances of Harutyunyan's case, his lawyer Lernik
Hovhannisyan said he had been subjected to a five-day detention,
without having any obligation to pay any tax.
He said that the former director of GH Storage Enterprises, Sevak
Artsruni, had abused authority in the company and added therefore
that his client cannot be held liable for its tax duties amounting
to 110 million drams (about $28,000).
"The sudden deterioration of relations caused Sevak Artsruni to inform
the law enforcement agencies, through a written letter, that the
company intentionally evaded taxes. He is confident that there are also
shadow forces that attempt to seize the company's property," he said.
Harutyunyan said the incident would not cause him to leave Armenia
or get disappointed with his homeland.
"It's not my home country that disappoints me, but the officials who
have to be replaced," he said, calling upon the population of Armenia
to join their efforts to fight injustice.