WHY WRONGDOERS ARE NOT PUNISHED
KarabakhOpen
05-11-2007 13:41:03
A few days ago Prime Minister Ara Harutiunyan held a consultation
at the regional administration of Martakert. One of the issues to
discuss was the repayment of loans. The prime minister instructed the
regional administration to make efforts for the repayment of loans
farmers had received from the government.
Last year and the year before the last, the government lent seeds and
diesel fuel to farmers. Part of the loans were not repaid, especially
major loans.
Some farmers who did not repay the loan had not harvested any
crops. Some farmers who got seeds from the government said they
were poor quality. The officials denied this, however. Moreover,
they demanded immediate repayment with interest.
During the consultation the information was confirmed. The head of the
department of agriculture of the regional administration of Martakert
said in an interview with the public television of Artsakh the seeds
had been poor quality.
Who will assume responsibility for giving out bad seeds to farmers
on public money? After all, besides conscious wasting of the public
money many people were sent into debt. Most importantly, how can the
government have such a lax attitude? Nobody assumed responsibility
for this. The only thing that the prime minister promised was to
eliminate interest on loan.