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Jan 6 2012
Armenian MP may have property but may not run business
January 06, 2012 | 16:41
YEREVAN. - An MP may have a property, but should not run a business,
head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliament group Vahan Hovhannisyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.
`When a list was available including more than 70 MP-businessmen,
anything which was possible to write was written. ARFD MP Arthur
Aghabekyan was claimed to have Aqua Park, which he built in one of the
villages of Nagorno-Karabakh, and he was called an MP-businessman,'
Hovhannisyan said.
To note, off parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress
comprised the list.
According to Hovhannisyan, the MP should not be devoid of the right to
have a property.
`It is unreasonable to think that MPs live in the street or have never
run a business. However, they must register every property,' the MP
said.
The MP said that he and another ARFD MP Hrayr Karapetyan offered to
legalize mechanisms of legislative lobbying the interests of
businessmen and give them adequate transparency. However, the bill is
yet not passed.
Jan 6 2012
Armenian MP may have property but may not run business
January 06, 2012 | 16:41
YEREVAN. - An MP may have a property, but should not run a business,
head of ARF Dashnaktsutyun parliament group Vahan Hovhannisyan told
Armenian News-NEWS.am correspondent.
`When a list was available including more than 70 MP-businessmen,
anything which was possible to write was written. ARFD MP Arthur
Aghabekyan was claimed to have Aqua Park, which he built in one of the
villages of Nagorno-Karabakh, and he was called an MP-businessman,'
Hovhannisyan said.
To note, off parliamentary opposition Armenian National Congress
comprised the list.
According to Hovhannisyan, the MP should not be devoid of the right to
have a property.
`It is unreasonable to think that MPs live in the street or have never
run a business. However, they must register every property,' the MP
said.
The MP said that he and another ARFD MP Hrayr Karapetyan offered to
legalize mechanisms of legislative lobbying the interests of
businessmen and give them adequate transparency. However, the bill is
yet not passed.