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    OPPOSITION LAWMAKER ASKS PRIME MINISTER HOW HE AMASSED HIS MILLIONS

    05.21.2014 17:34 epress.am

    When did RA Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan or other members of
    government manage to amass millions of dollars? Armenian National
    Congress (HAK) MP Nikol Pashinyan asked the head of government today
    during discussion of the government program in Armenia's National
    Assembly.

    The opposition lawmaker asked for an explanation as to why business
    has not yet been separated from politics. Pashinyan said that Hovik
    Abrahamyan declared $5.5 million (in assets); Minister of Finance
    Gagik Khachatryan, $6.5 million; and Chief of RA Government Staff
    Davit Harutyunyan declared 6 apartments, one house, one dacha, and
    one plot of land.

    "Regarding my property, I never hid the fact that I have it. I
    declared it. I worked in agriculture during the time when the
    law allowed engaging in business. No need to treat entrepreneurs
    negatively. It's because of entrepreneurs that we're sitting here;
    it's due to them that we raise pensions and salaries. Entrepreneurs
    are presented to the public as bugaboos," said Abrahamyan.

    Pashinyan retorted by asking Abrahamyan to teach him how he was able
    to amass millions working in agriculture when villagers cultivate
    the land but are burdened with bank loans.

    "Ask, and I'll tell you. How do I listen to Mr. Bagratyan [former
    prime minister, economist, and HAK MP], if I am not embarrassed to
    ask if I lack knowledge in some matter?" Abrahamyan replied.

    Pashinyan remarked that he is not against entrepreneurs; he was merely
    pointing out that officials engage in business.

    "Entrepreneurs create thousands of jobs. You did not feed a single
    family in your life -- [you] only criticize. This is not the street,
    but the National Assembly," Abrahamyan retorted.

    Pashinyan also asked the PM to explain the statement "obligatory
    but not imposed" he made yesterday with regard to the law on funded
    pension. Pashinyan said in the dictionary the two terms are synonyms.

    Abrahamyan praised Pashinyan for reading the dictionary and said he
    will follow his example and begin reading dictionaries as well.

    Pashinyan's question, however, remained unanswered.

    http://www.epress.am/en/2014/05/21/opposition-lawmaker-asks-prime-minister-how-he-amassed-his-millions.html

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