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MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT FROM ARFD: LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY BE FULFILLED ONLY AFTER DIRECT APPLICATION OF THE LOCAL REFERENDUM INSTITUTE
ARMINFO
Thursday, April 18, 20:15
Until local referendum institute is not directly used in Armenia, local
government will not be fully fulfilled, a member of the parliament
from ARFD, Artsvik Minasyan, said during today's discussion of the
problems of the Yerevan budget management. Representatives of the
parties which will run for the Yerevan Council of Elders election
took part in the event.
He thinks that nothing will change if only the Republican Party
of Armenia goes on managing the country as well as Yerevan like
a monopolist.
He said that the present annual budget of Yerevan 80 bln drams ($192
mln) may be increased up to 400 bln drams for the next 4 years. He
thinks that it is necessary to weaken financial dependence on the
government, as if in Yerevan budget 2013 only 33 bln drams (40%
out of total revenues) are the revenues of the mayor's office, and
47 bln drams (60% out of total revenues) - are the state budgetary
appropriation, in future it will be possible to increase the share
of Yerevan revenues up to 75%. He also added that it is necessary
to direct a part of the profit tax and income tax taken by the state
from the cost created in Yerevan in the local government budget. The
attraction of the Yerevan community to the business-activity like a
shareholder as well as a participant in the agreements with a right
of having a profit, may become another source of revenues.
Minasyan offered the opposition forces, which are within the Council
of elders, to have a right to control Yerevan budget fulfillment. This
will promote raising of effectiveness of the Yerevan budget management.
For his part, vice-mayor of Yerevan, the RPA member, Vache Nikoyan,
said that the mayor's office provides maximally possible inflow of
revenues, and uses the machinery to ensure transparency of control
over the budgetary revenues and expenditure.
ARMINFO
Thursday, April 18, 20:15
Until local referendum institute is not directly used in Armenia, local
government will not be fully fulfilled, a member of the parliament
from ARFD, Artsvik Minasyan, said during today's discussion of the
problems of the Yerevan budget management. Representatives of the
parties which will run for the Yerevan Council of Elders election
took part in the event.
He thinks that nothing will change if only the Republican Party
of Armenia goes on managing the country as well as Yerevan like
a monopolist.
He said that the present annual budget of Yerevan 80 bln drams ($192
mln) may be increased up to 400 bln drams for the next 4 years. He
thinks that it is necessary to weaken financial dependence on the
government, as if in Yerevan budget 2013 only 33 bln drams (40%
out of total revenues) are the revenues of the mayor's office, and
47 bln drams (60% out of total revenues) - are the state budgetary
appropriation, in future it will be possible to increase the share
of Yerevan revenues up to 75%. He also added that it is necessary
to direct a part of the profit tax and income tax taken by the state
from the cost created in Yerevan in the local government budget. The
attraction of the Yerevan community to the business-activity like a
shareholder as well as a participant in the agreements with a right
of having a profit, may become another source of revenues.
Minasyan offered the opposition forces, which are within the Council
of elders, to have a right to control Yerevan budget fulfillment. This
will promote raising of effectiveness of the Yerevan budget management.
For his part, vice-mayor of Yerevan, the RPA member, Vache Nikoyan,
said that the mayor's office provides maximally possible inflow of
revenues, and uses the machinery to ensure transparency of control
over the budgetary revenues and expenditure.