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I'M THE CHIEF OLIGARCH
Naira Hayrumyan
11:49 19/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29335
During yesterday's press conference Serzh Sargsyan stated that there
are no oligarchs in the Armenian parliament. There are only latent
businessmen who have businesses but everything is all right with all
their documents. Serzh Sargsyan spoke only about the parliament. But
are there oligarchs in the country and where are they hiding? In the
end, by definition, oligarchs can be only in state bodies.
In a normal state of law the epithet "oligarch" is a testament to a
crime against the state. Oligarchs are people who use their public
office and leverages to develop their own business and prosperity.
They use their position to get contracts with the government for the
disposal of national benefits in their own interests. The misuse of
public levers is a state crime.
Let's say there are no oligarchs in the parliament. But Serzh Sargsyan
does not deny their existence in the country. This means they are
either in the government or in the judiciary. Can Serzh Sargsyan point
out an oligarch who was punished for misuse of power? The oligarchs'
"crime" is not that they have businesses or money but that they
obtained everything at our expense.
After all, the wealthiest people in the world are in the IT business.
Each of them has invented something that is used and sold all over the
world. They earned with their mind and creativity. How do Armenian
oligarchs earn? How did 20 Armenian members of parliament become
millionaires? What did they invent for Armenia at least?
Isn't Vardan Aivazyan an oligarch who got rich by selling state
licenses for production of national mineral resources? Isn't Gagik
Tsarukyan an oligarch who owns the largest companies with the help of
his governmental levers? Isn't Samvel Alexanyan an oligarch who got the
monopoly of import of some food products? Isn't Gagik Khachatryan an
oligarch who heads the State Revenue Committee and holds the monopoly
of import of certain goods?
We could continue listing but for who? Serzh Sargsyan and everyone
else know there are oligarchs in parliament. The point is that the
society and the international community expected that Serzh Sargsyan
would mind his oligarchs understanding that they drag him to the
bottom. Everyone expected he would sacrifice at least one of them
for the sake of liberalization.
Instead, Serzh Sargsyan states there are no oligarchs and he is not
going to sacrifice anyone. This means that he agrees to become the
victim both for the society and the international community. This means
he accepts he is the chief oligarch. Do with me whatever you want.
Naira Hayrumyan
11:49 19/03/2013
Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/country/view/29335
During yesterday's press conference Serzh Sargsyan stated that there
are no oligarchs in the Armenian parliament. There are only latent
businessmen who have businesses but everything is all right with all
their documents. Serzh Sargsyan spoke only about the parliament. But
are there oligarchs in the country and where are they hiding? In the
end, by definition, oligarchs can be only in state bodies.
In a normal state of law the epithet "oligarch" is a testament to a
crime against the state. Oligarchs are people who use their public
office and leverages to develop their own business and prosperity.
They use their position to get contracts with the government for the
disposal of national benefits in their own interests. The misuse of
public levers is a state crime.
Let's say there are no oligarchs in the parliament. But Serzh Sargsyan
does not deny their existence in the country. This means they are
either in the government or in the judiciary. Can Serzh Sargsyan point
out an oligarch who was punished for misuse of power? The oligarchs'
"crime" is not that they have businesses or money but that they
obtained everything at our expense.
After all, the wealthiest people in the world are in the IT business.
Each of them has invented something that is used and sold all over the
world. They earned with their mind and creativity. How do Armenian
oligarchs earn? How did 20 Armenian members of parliament become
millionaires? What did they invent for Armenia at least?
Isn't Vardan Aivazyan an oligarch who got rich by selling state
licenses for production of national mineral resources? Isn't Gagik
Tsarukyan an oligarch who owns the largest companies with the help of
his governmental levers? Isn't Samvel Alexanyan an oligarch who got the
monopoly of import of some food products? Isn't Gagik Khachatryan an
oligarch who heads the State Revenue Committee and holds the monopoly
of import of certain goods?
We could continue listing but for who? Serzh Sargsyan and everyone
else know there are oligarchs in parliament. The point is that the
society and the international community expected that Serzh Sargsyan
would mind his oligarchs understanding that they drag him to the
bottom. Everyone expected he would sacrifice at least one of them
for the sake of liberalization.
Instead, Serzh Sargsyan states there are no oligarchs and he is not
going to sacrifice anyone. This means that he agrees to become the
victim both for the society and the international community. This means
he accepts he is the chief oligarch. Do with me whatever you want.