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KOTAYK PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION SIGNS 70 MILLION CONTRACT WITH COMPANY OWNED BY ENVIRONMENT MINISTER
Grisha Balasanyan
Here's yet another example of a business owned by a top government
official getting a lucrative state contract.
On April 12, of this year, the Kotayk Provincial Administration signed
a 70 million AMD road repair contract with a company owned by Minister
of Environmental Protection Ara Harutyunyan.
Harutyunyan's company, Nayiri Road Construction, must now repair
municipal streets in the community of Getamedj as well as Abovyan
Street in Yeghvard. The contract specifies that the work must be
completed by the end of this month.
Arayik Harutyunyan, who runs the company and is the brother of the
minister, signed the deal with the Kotayk Provincial Administration.
There was no tender bid for the work.
Hetq tried to get in touch with Kotayk Governor Marzpet Gareginyan
to find out the criteria used for giving the contract to Nayiri
Road Construction.
Gareginyan's office told us to submit our inquiry in written form.
Such a transaction would appear to contradict ethical laws on the
books regarding the behaviour of civil servants and high ranking
government officials regarding dealings with the private sector.
Such officials must go out of their way to avoid being perceived as
using their positions for private gain.
In this case, the exact opposite seems to have occurred.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/27141/kotayk-provincial-administration-signs-70-million-contract-with-company-owned-by-environment-minister.html
Grisha Balasanyan
Here's yet another example of a business owned by a top government
official getting a lucrative state contract.
On April 12, of this year, the Kotayk Provincial Administration signed
a 70 million AMD road repair contract with a company owned by Minister
of Environmental Protection Ara Harutyunyan.
Harutyunyan's company, Nayiri Road Construction, must now repair
municipal streets in the community of Getamedj as well as Abovyan
Street in Yeghvard. The contract specifies that the work must be
completed by the end of this month.
Arayik Harutyunyan, who runs the company and is the brother of the
minister, signed the deal with the Kotayk Provincial Administration.
There was no tender bid for the work.
Hetq tried to get in touch with Kotayk Governor Marzpet Gareginyan
to find out the criteria used for giving the contract to Nayiri
Road Construction.
Gareginyan's office told us to submit our inquiry in written form.
Such a transaction would appear to contradict ethical laws on the
books regarding the behaviour of civil servants and high ranking
government officials regarding dealings with the private sector.
Such officials must go out of their way to avoid being perceived as
using their positions for private gain.
In this case, the exact opposite seems to have occurred.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/27141/kotayk-provincial-administration-signs-70-million-contract-with-company-owned-by-environment-minister.html