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Republican Party of Armenia (RPA) MP Doesn't Rule out That Criminal
Charges Will be Brought Against Vardan Ghukasyan
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/26/124218/
October 26, 2012 17:25
Yesterday Samvel Balasanyan, the newly-elected Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP) mayor of Gyumri, published a huge list of debts and abuses
of office, which he had inherited from former RPA mayor Vardan
Ghukasyan. Is it possible that President Serzh Sargsyan has given him
carte blanche like he has done with the Prime Minister, particularly
given the fact that he offered Balasanyan to participate in the
mayoral election? In response to this observation of www.aravot.am,
Manvel Badeyan, an RPA MP, said, `Why do you oversimplify the social
life, the political life? He gave carte blanch... carte blanche is
written in the law that if a man
abuses his office, steals, gets kickbacks etc., that person must be
tried regardless of whether he is a member of the PAP or a member of
the RPA or a neo-Nazi.'
We inquired of Mr. Badeyan whether he thought it was possible that
criminal charges would be brought against Vardan Ghukasyan. `I think
yes,' he said. Mr. Badeyan got annoyed because of the question whether
the RPA hadn't known about the activities of Vardan Ghukasyan so far,
`A party is not an investigation body, after all; how can a party
know? Law-enforcement bodies and journalists usually know. Did you
know? Have you talked about that?'
We clarified that the press had written about different masterpieces
of Vardan Ghukasyan many times and asked whether law-enforcers had
failed, Manvel Badeyan said, `Yes, if there really is a crime and they
don't deal with it, they are to blame.'
Nelly GRIGORYAN
Charges Will be Brought Against Vardan Ghukasyan
http://www.aravot.am/en/2012/10/26/124218/
October 26, 2012 17:25
Yesterday Samvel Balasanyan, the newly-elected Prosperous Armenia
Party (PAP) mayor of Gyumri, published a huge list of debts and abuses
of office, which he had inherited from former RPA mayor Vardan
Ghukasyan. Is it possible that President Serzh Sargsyan has given him
carte blanche like he has done with the Prime Minister, particularly
given the fact that he offered Balasanyan to participate in the
mayoral election? In response to this observation of www.aravot.am,
Manvel Badeyan, an RPA MP, said, `Why do you oversimplify the social
life, the political life? He gave carte blanch... carte blanche is
written in the law that if a man
abuses his office, steals, gets kickbacks etc., that person must be
tried regardless of whether he is a member of the PAP or a member of
the RPA or a neo-Nazi.'
We inquired of Mr. Badeyan whether he thought it was possible that
criminal charges would be brought against Vardan Ghukasyan. `I think
yes,' he said. Mr. Badeyan got annoyed because of the question whether
the RPA hadn't known about the activities of Vardan Ghukasyan so far,
`A party is not an investigation body, after all; how can a party
know? Law-enforcement bodies and journalists usually know. Did you
know? Have you talked about that?'
We clarified that the press had written about different masterpieces
of Vardan Ghukasyan many times and asked whether law-enforcers had
failed, Manvel Badeyan said, `Yes, if there really is a crime and they
don't deal with it, they are to blame.'
Nelly GRIGORYAN