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HERITAGE MPS CHALLENGE ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT
Tert.am
16.12.11
Dec. 16, Styepa Safaryan, Head of the Heritage parliamentary group,
and the group member Anahit Bakhshyan addressed questions to the
Armenian prime minister and government.
The questions concern the Armenian government's decision made this
spring. Under the decision, lands that are owned by the Kajaran
village community are to be allotted to the Zangezur copper and
molybdenum combine. The MPs also addressed questions concerning the
recent pressure on the head of the village community, as well as
problems of Armenia's mining industry.
In her letter to Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Anahit
Baskhyan informs the premier that the Kajaran residents strongly
object to the Armenian government's decision. They believe that it
is tantamount to razing the village to the ground.
According to the RA Law on Mineral Resources, Armenia's mineral
resources are public property, and the village community, as well as
its head, objects to the decision. The head of the village community
was reportedly forced into resigning. He left the ruling party
in protest.
The authorities are trying to silence the people by pressuring the head
of the village community. All this is on the threshold of the ruling
party's joining the European People's Party (EPP) as an observer
member. However, the Armenian president and premier promised the
EPP to ensure conditions for democracy and consideration of public
opinion in the country.
"Did not you have this commitment this spring, when you made that
decision?" Bakhshyan asks in her letter.
In his letter addressed to Armenian Minister of Nature Protection
Aram Harutyunyan, Mr. Safaryan asks for information on the area of
licensed mines in Armenia.
In his letter to Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Gagik
Khachatryan asks for the following information: the Zangezur copper
and molybdenum combine's financial statements for 2004 through 2010;
financial statements for 2004 through 2010 by the GeoProMining Gold
company.
Tert.am
16.12.11
Dec. 16, Styepa Safaryan, Head of the Heritage parliamentary group,
and the group member Anahit Bakhshyan addressed questions to the
Armenian prime minister and government.
The questions concern the Armenian government's decision made this
spring. Under the decision, lands that are owned by the Kajaran
village community are to be allotted to the Zangezur copper and
molybdenum combine. The MPs also addressed questions concerning the
recent pressure on the head of the village community, as well as
problems of Armenia's mining industry.
In her letter to Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, Anahit
Baskhyan informs the premier that the Kajaran residents strongly
object to the Armenian government's decision. They believe that it
is tantamount to razing the village to the ground.
According to the RA Law on Mineral Resources, Armenia's mineral
resources are public property, and the village community, as well as
its head, objects to the decision. The head of the village community
was reportedly forced into resigning. He left the ruling party
in protest.
The authorities are trying to silence the people by pressuring the head
of the village community. All this is on the threshold of the ruling
party's joining the European People's Party (EPP) as an observer
member. However, the Armenian president and premier promised the
EPP to ensure conditions for democracy and consideration of public
opinion in the country.
"Did not you have this commitment this spring, when you made that
decision?" Bakhshyan asks in her letter.
In his letter addressed to Armenian Minister of Nature Protection
Aram Harutyunyan, Mr. Safaryan asks for information on the area of
licensed mines in Armenia.
In his letter to Chairman of the RA State Revenue Committee Gagik
Khachatryan asks for the following information: the Zangezur copper
and molybdenum combine's financial statements for 2004 through 2010;
financial statements for 2004 through 2010 by the GeoProMining Gold
company.