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`Entire Village is on its Feet': Aragats Village Residents Protest,
Ask Officials to Inspect Village Councilor
06.10.2011 20:00
epress.am
A dozen or so villagers were protesting outside the Armenian
parliament building today. The protestors were from the village of
Aragats in the region of Paran in Aragatsotn marz (province) and they
were asking the National Assembly Control Chamber to carry out
inspections at their village council's office.
One of the protestors, Vahan, speaking to Epress.am, described the
issue in detail:
`Our village is the largest village in the area - it has 4,600
residents - but today everyone wants to leave the village. It's a
terribly tense situation. No one understands what's going on in the
village, how the village councilor is working [i.e. what he's up to].
He's divided up the villagers into those who are his own folk and
those who aren't [i.e. he gives preferential treatment].'
Vahan said they handed over their appeals with signatures to the
Armenian presidential residence, the parliamentary chair, and the
Armenian government, but they have not yet received a response.
`There are so many problems in the village, you can't imagine. Land
estrangement is taking place; the villagers know nothing about it. The
village councilor is transferring students' tuition, but transfers are
ensured for the children of families, not the vulnerable, and there
are so many people in the village that are in debt, have loans, and
they can't pay their children's tuition. Then, elite barley seeds have
been given to the village on the government's behalf, for the village
councilor to give to needy families, but till now we don't know where
that barley has been sown, where the seeds went,' he said.
Vahan informed Epress.am that their village councilor, Gagik
Poghosyan, has held his post for 12 years and recently registered with
the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
`We want them to come perform inspections, to find out what's going
on, for these people to be a little more calm. Otherwise, if the
responses to these appeals are negative, the entire village is on its
feet, is ready to come out in front of the government [building],' he
said.
Ask Officials to Inspect Village Councilor
06.10.2011 20:00
epress.am
A dozen or so villagers were protesting outside the Armenian
parliament building today. The protestors were from the village of
Aragats in the region of Paran in Aragatsotn marz (province) and they
were asking the National Assembly Control Chamber to carry out
inspections at their village council's office.
One of the protestors, Vahan, speaking to Epress.am, described the
issue in detail:
`Our village is the largest village in the area - it has 4,600
residents - but today everyone wants to leave the village. It's a
terribly tense situation. No one understands what's going on in the
village, how the village councilor is working [i.e. what he's up to].
He's divided up the villagers into those who are his own folk and
those who aren't [i.e. he gives preferential treatment].'
Vahan said they handed over their appeals with signatures to the
Armenian presidential residence, the parliamentary chair, and the
Armenian government, but they have not yet received a response.
`There are so many problems in the village, you can't imagine. Land
estrangement is taking place; the villagers know nothing about it. The
village councilor is transferring students' tuition, but transfers are
ensured for the children of families, not the vulnerable, and there
are so many people in the village that are in debt, have loans, and
they can't pay their children's tuition. Then, elite barley seeds have
been given to the village on the government's behalf, for the village
councilor to give to needy families, but till now we don't know where
that barley has been sown, where the seeds went,' he said.
Vahan informed Epress.am that their village councilor, Gagik
Poghosyan, has held his post for 12 years and recently registered with
the ruling Republican Party of Armenia.
`We want them to come perform inspections, to find out what's going
on, for these people to be a little more calm. Otherwise, if the
responses to these appeals are negative, the entire village is on its
feet, is ready to come out in front of the government [building],' he
said.