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ARMENIAN MEDIA WRITE ABOUT KOLIA'S LEISURE TIME IN YEREVAN
Charter 97, Belarus
June 17 2013
The son of the Belarusian ruler appeared in the centre of the scandal
in Armenia.
Local independent media are indignant that the nine-year-old boy spent
500 dollars from the country's funds for two days, Express.am reports.
A correspondent of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper saw the MFA's document
saying that acting head of the State Protocol Service Agency Vardan
Asoyan signed an agreement with Play City entertainment centre on
providing relative services to Lukashenka's delegation to Armenia.
The provided services are described in details, the newspaper says.
Lukashenka's son used a car racing track 6 times and arcade machines
11 times, visited 7D cinema 2 times and had a 19-lap kart race. A
similar agreement was signed with a skeet shooting range in Valencia
centre. Under two agreements, about 200,000 drams ($480) were paid
from Armenia's funds.
"Of course, money is not the matter. The matter is the attitude of
our officials towards the state budget. They think Lukashenka's
9-year-old son is a member of the official delegation, almost a
minister or a prime minister whose entertainment must be paid from
Armenia's state budget.
Taking into account that Belarusian ruler's close friend Gagik
Tsarukyan [a big businessman and the leader of Prosperous Armenia
Party] made everything that Lukashenka's visit could coincide with the
opening ceremony of his church, it would be logical to suppose that
he should have paid 200,000 drams from his pocket. But our officials
took a principled decision: Kolia's leisure times must be paid from
Armenia's state budget: It looks reputable and suits the importance
of the 9-year-old boy," Haykakan Zhamanak's correspondent notes.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2013/6/17/70852/
Charter 97, Belarus
June 17 2013
The son of the Belarusian ruler appeared in the centre of the scandal
in Armenia.
Local independent media are indignant that the nine-year-old boy spent
500 dollars from the country's funds for two days, Express.am reports.
A correspondent of Haykakan Zhamanak newspaper saw the MFA's document
saying that acting head of the State Protocol Service Agency Vardan
Asoyan signed an agreement with Play City entertainment centre on
providing relative services to Lukashenka's delegation to Armenia.
The provided services are described in details, the newspaper says.
Lukashenka's son used a car racing track 6 times and arcade machines
11 times, visited 7D cinema 2 times and had a 19-lap kart race. A
similar agreement was signed with a skeet shooting range in Valencia
centre. Under two agreements, about 200,000 drams ($480) were paid
from Armenia's funds.
"Of course, money is not the matter. The matter is the attitude of
our officials towards the state budget. They think Lukashenka's
9-year-old son is a member of the official delegation, almost a
minister or a prime minister whose entertainment must be paid from
Armenia's state budget.
Taking into account that Belarusian ruler's close friend Gagik
Tsarukyan [a big businessman and the leader of Prosperous Armenia
Party] made everything that Lukashenka's visit could coincide with the
opening ceremony of his church, it would be logical to suppose that
he should have paid 200,000 drams from his pocket. But our officials
took a principled decision: Kolia's leisure times must be paid from
Armenia's state budget: It looks reputable and suits the importance
of the 9-year-old boy," Haykakan Zhamanak's correspondent notes.
http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2013/6/17/70852/