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    PAP SPOKESPERSON DESCRIBES VIDEO WITH NOISY REVELATIONS RELATING TO PARTY'S MP AS "HUNT" (VIDEO)

    http://www.tert.am/en/news/2012/12/05/bhk-patgamavor/
    05.12.12

    Panorama.am has issued today a video, where Prosperous Armenia party
    MP Michael Melkumyan dismisses claims about having big property but
    the phone conversation presented in the same video proves the opporite.

    In particular, asked by a reporter what state property he managed to
    acquire while dealing with state property alienation issues, the MP
    says 'nothing', while in a recording of this telephone conversation
    with a third person (presented in the video as well) asked whether
    he is a broker, the MP says, "No, my friend, I am a big owner,"
    and asks in which of his territories the person is interested in.

    It becomes clear from the video that high-storeyed buildings on Koryun,
    Nairi Zaryan, Komitas streets belong to him. In the phone conversation
    Melkumyan invites the person for a meeting to discuss the details of
    the deal, saying he has "a lot of territories."

    Asked by a reporter whether he has a property in former state
    buildings, Melkumyan gives a negative answer.

    In 2000-2003 Melkumyan was Armenia's state property administration
    deputy minister, in 2003-2004 he worked as deputy head of
    government-affiliated state property management department. In
    2009-2012 he has become head of Economics University's Micro-Economy
    and Entrepreneurial Activity chair. In parliamentary elections in May,
    he was elected an MP by the Prosperous Armenia party's proportional
    list.

    Tert.am phoned Melkumyan to get comments on the materials, but after
    hearing the question Melkumyan turned off the phone and did not answer
    the calls any more.

    Speaking to Tert.am, PAP spokesperson Tigran Urikhanyan said, "What
    can I comment on individuals? Secondly, does anybody have right to
    establish a control over a person's, including MP's, private property?

    And thirdly, what does it mean the successive hunt of person's private
    life, property and all the fundamental freedoms stemming from them."

    Before commenting, though, Urikhanyan said he is not aware of the
    video.

    Michael Melkumyan, who was in the NA today, avoided the meeting with
    reporters and managed to flee from the parliament building.

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