Month: February 2019

The Special Investigation Service of the Republic of Armenia has charged NA deputy Eduard Babayan for beating Vyacheslav Harutyunov, the father of World Youth Boxing Championship gold medalist Nikolay Harutyunov. “Pastinfo” informs about this.

SIS Press Secretary Marine Ohanjanyan informed that he was charged under Article 112, Part 1 of the RA Criminal Code, causing grievous bodily harm, and the criminal case with an indictment was sent to the prosecutor to be sent to court. The Public Relations Department of the Prosecutor’s Office promised to answer later whether the indictment has already been approved or not.

To remind, the incident took place on July 2, 2018. the sportsman’s father was taken to “Armenia” HBC with severe physical injuries from the “Olympavan” gymnasium owned by PAP leader, NOC president Gagik Tsarukyan, where a meeting was held between the boxers and the leadership of the Olympic Committee. At the meeting, Tsarukyan criticized the work of the boxing federation, which caused an argument between Vyacheslav Harutyunov, the father of gold medalist Nikolay Harutyunov. The dispute escalated into a fight, as a result of which Champon’s father was taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Regarding the incident, the Investigative Committee initiated a criminal case and announced that the president of the National Olympic Committee was arrested on suspicion of beating the athlete’s father. Gagik Tsarukyanabout the arrest of adviser Eduard Babayan.

Later, the Investigative Committee announced that the case was sent to the SIS, because “as a result of the measures taken, data was obtained regarding the possible participation of MP Gagik Tsarukyan in the violence against the citizen.” Tsarukyan was not charged.

It should be noted that Eduard Babayan was considered Gagik Tsarukyan’s bodyguard and always accompanied him during meetings. During the examination, however, Eduard Babayan presented himself as Gagik Tsarukyan’s advisor. And the initiated criminal case did not prevent him from being nominated as a deputy candidate and being elected as a deputy.

The discussion of the draft plan of the government for the next five years was completed in the National Assembly. The question was put to a vote and the plan was adopted.

82 deputies voted for the adoption of the program, 37 against. 9 out of 128 registered deputies did not vote. The final result will be recorded in the protocol, as it seems that a technical problem occurred with the voting of several deputies.

Let’s remind that 67 votes were needed for the adoption of the program.

The first session of the first session of the National Assembly of the 7th convocation has ended. The first session of the second session will take place on March 5.

It should be noted that the Enlightened Armenia faction of the National Assembly voted against the Government’s plan. Deputy Ani Samsonyan in this regard stated. “Hovhannes Tumanyan says: what can talent alone do? We need favorable conditions.”

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan compared his administration period with the administration period of the Pope, noting that everyone has to pay taxes.

I consider myself a person of deep faith. Today, on February 14, the RA Prime Minister mentioned this in his concluding speech during the discussion of the government’s program in the National Assembly Nikol Pashinyan:

“I consider myself a follower of the Armenian Apostolic Church, a faithful follower at that. But now I think that in the historical context now are the same times as during the time of the King Pope. What he was saying was you have to pay taxes. He said: if you have taken all our men and women and filled the monasteries and nunneries, then who should work for the economy of our country? Who should be the soldier of our country’s army? They said: you are a traitor, you are anti-national. We also say, dear people, you have to pay taxes, they are upset,” declared Pashinyan.

He emphasized that yes, emergency buildings will not be built until there is a cash register. “I mean, does anyone think, is there going to be prosperity without the confirmation of legality? Or do they still want the super-prime ministerial system, so they say, oh, the deputy said the building is in emergency, Poghosik should solve these issues quickly, you know, half of them should join the party, a list in the elections. Is that the system you want?

Today, there are 55 emergency buildings of the 4th class in Armenia, and people live in all of them, and 15 billion drams are needed for this. 30 billion drams are needed to increase pensions by 5 thousand drams. I say yes, whoever doesn’t hit the cash register, both the citizen and the shop worker, lowers the combat effectiveness of our army. At one time they said that the government is a robber, now we say that I personally have no personal goals in this matter.

It follows directly from the RA Constitution that the Prime Minister resigns if the Government plan is not accepted. In other words, whether or not to accept the Government’s plan is essentially a vote of confidence given or not given to the Prime Minister.

Arusyak Julhakyan, deputy of RA NA “My Step” faction, wrote about this on his Facebook page.

“And, in fact, today we have a situation where my colleague Edmon Marukyan voted FOR Tigran Sargsyan’s government plan, thereby giving a vote of confidence to Tigran Sargsyan, to Hovik Abrahamyan’s government plan, thus also to Hovik Abrahamyan, and AGAINST Nikol Pashinyan’s government plan, thereby giving Nikol Pashinyan a vote of NO CONFIDENCE.

I leave the consequences to you,” his post said.

Today, on February 14, a session of the General Assembly of the RPA took place. The session was chaired by RPA President Serzh Sargsyan.

The media service of the party informed that domestic and foreign political issues were discussed during the session. Reference was made to the process of party reforms, as well as the program of deepening international relations of the RPA was discussed.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a telephone conversation with the head of the Lebanese government Saad Hariri. Nikol Pashinyan congratulated Saad Hariri on the formation of the new government of Lebanon and his re-appointment as Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister wished Saad Hariri and his team members success in their important mission and expressed confidence that the new government under Hariri’s leadership will lead the country to development and economic progress.

The interlocutors emphasized the strengthening of economic ties between the two countries. An agreement was reached to hold the session of the Armenian-Lebanese intergovernmental commission in April of this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan received Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the French Republic to Armenia Jonathan Lacott and Regional Head of the French Development Agency Gayel Assayag. This was reported by the press service of the government.

RA Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan’s office reports that noting that the meeting is taking place on a very symbolic day when the Government’s plan was approved by the National Assembly, Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigoryan emphasized the development and deepening of cooperation with France also in the process of implementing the reforms put forward by the government. Mher Grigoryan presented the main provisions of the government’s program, as well as emphasized the opportunities to develop bilateral relations within the framework of the RA-EU Comprehensive and Extended Partnership Agreement.

Ambassador Lacote noted that France is ready to develop relations with Armenia in both bilateral and multilateral formats. Emphasizing that French President Emmanuel Macron recently announced his intention to visit Armenia on a state visit, the ambassador noted that this visit will also contribute to the clarification and further expansion of bilateral programs.

The head of the regional representation of the French Development Agency presented the progress of the programs implemented by the organization in Armenia, as well as the readiness of the organization to develop new programs in the future in line with the reforms put forward by the Armenian government.

The interlocutors referred to the need for the formation of the capital market in Armenia, discussed the prospects for the development of French business in Armenia. The advantages of Armenia being a member of EAEU, as well as being included in the GSP privilege systems and being a member of the International Trade Organization were also discussed.

VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.

“time” the newspaper writes. “It is possible that the Armenian authorities will reach the point that the president of the Republic of Artsakh Bako Sahakyan to submit his resignation by May. Parliamentary and presidential elections in Artsakh are scheduled for March next year, and if the presidential elections are organized earlier, the newly elected president will be able to form a suitable parliament next year as well.”

“time” the newspaper writes. According to “Zhamanak”, a military inspector of the Republic of Armenia was interrogated in the criminal case initiated in the SIS in connection with the events of March 1, 2008. Movses Hakobyan: The latter in 2008 He held the post of Minister of Defense of NKR. According to the materials of the criminal case, civilians and military personnel brought from NKR to Yerevan took an active part in the events of March 1.”

“Realist” the newspaper writes. “They say that in the March 1 case Levon Ter-Petrosyanthe interrogation had a “background”. the first chairman, the chairman of the National Defense and Security Standing Committee, not unknown, were gathered Andranik Kocharyan, lawyer Vahe Grigoryan, and head of the SIS Sasun Khachatryan to decide “with care” what list of questions should be presented to the LTP who pronounced “Let no victim be required but me”. Perhaps that is why the first president, contrary to the second and third presidents who had well-known teams of lawyers, went to the SIS without a lawyer, to talk “from the newspaper” and to answer “familiar” questions in just one and a half hours, when Serzh Sargsyan the interrogation lasted 4 hours, and not to mention Kocharyan’s.”

“Fact” the newspaper writes. “The fact that Armenia sent a humanitarian unit to Syria raised a serious noise in the press and social networks. Minister of Defense yesterday Davit Tonoyan announced that the Armenian battalion is in Syria with a humanitarian mission, but in a certain situation it can also participate in a military operation. A question arises among the public, why suddenly the Armenian side entered into that “topic”. According to “Past” daily newspaper, Prime Minister Pashinyan in this way, it tries to woo Russia and prevent Azerbaijan from joining the CSTO. According to our source, after Pashinyan was elected as the Prime Minister, this issue was “set against him” by the President of the Russian Federation in Moscow Vladimir Putinimplying that he is not against seeing Azerbaijan in the CSTO, but as an alternative option, he suggested to show some activity in Syria”.

“People” the newspaper writes: “Especially the representatives of the RPA of the previous government criticized the government quite harshly for sending a humanitarian mission to Syria. They demanded the submission of legal justifications, the documents on the basis of which it was sent. However, in a conversation with “Zhoghovurd” daily, senior researcher of the Center for Caucasus and Regional Security, director of “Caucasus Cooperation” company Nikolai Silaev presented remarkable details, emphasizing that the agreement on this has been reached yet Serzh Sargsyan during the government, and Nicole: Pashinyan the government just didn’t give up on it. “As far as I know, that mission was agreed upon by Serzh Sargsyan, and Pashinyan did not refuse it, moreover, he was the first to announce that that mission was being prepared,” he said.

“People” the newspaper writes: “Recently, the rumors about the Catholicos of All Armenians have become active again Garegin the Second will leave the seat and that an agreement has been reached with the RA authorities. According to the news that reached us, the Catholicos wants to see his brother, the head of the Armenian Diocese of Russia and New Nakhichevan, as his successor. Archbishop Ezras Nersisyan: The reason is probably Garegin II’s fears that the new Catholicos will not reveal unwanted episodes related to his activities. after all, there has been a lot of talk about the fact that during the RPA rule, His Holiness had business connections, with the permission of the ruling elite, of course. “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper tried to contact Father Vahram Melikyan, director of the information system of Mother See Holy Etchmiadzin, for comments, but the latter left our calls and messages unanswered.

“time” the newspaper writes. “According to “Zhamanak”, PAP chairman Gagik Tsarukyan The SRC presented an additional tax obligation of about 9 billion drams to the gas stations owned by Basically, it is the money that the gas stations hid from the state budget. It is possible that this circumstance explains Tsarukyan’s negative attitude towards the government’s plan.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Yesterday, there was a tense situation in the National Assembly, the conflict between the government and the opposition was obvious. Upset by the criticism of “Lusavore Armenia” members Nikol Pashinyan responded: “Why do we have to fight against people, let’s go and get the position of deputy minister, build slowly from the inside?” Now they have come and become the main arbiter of the revolution: who believes, who does not believe, they themselves are the inquisitors of the revolution. They also say that there was no revolution. Look at your faces and your sides, since there was no revolution, what are you 18 people doing sitting here?” After the session Edmon Marukyan answered the prime minister, “This is not a demonstration, sorry, this is executive power, therefore Pashinyan should do something so that we see a separation of roles between the revolutionary Nikol Pashinyan and the ruler Nikol Pashinyan.” We know the revolutionary Nikol Pashinyan very well, but the ruler Nikol Pashinyan behaved very badly today.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “According to our information, the name of the RA ambassador to Canada is already known. After Aznavour’s death, Chargé d’Affaires of Armenia in Switzerland Anahit Harutyunyan, whose agreement, according to our sources, the former ambassador handed over to the Canadian authorities before returning to Armenia Levon Martirosyan. “We think the new appointment will also be fruitful. Martirosyan was able to do a lot of work in a short time To Trudeau brought to Armenia, by the way, Trudeau was the only one of the world’s superpowers (Canada is a member of the G7) who congratulated him immediately after the December parliamentary elections. Nikol Pashinyan“. According to our source, the search for new candidates continues in the diplomatic corps. However, there are people who reject the proposals, for example, the head of the Department of International Relations of the Foreign Ministry Vahram Kazhoyan rejected the offer to work as an ambassador to Vietnam.”

“Fact” the newspaper writes. “In 2018 last day we all learned that the price of gas supplied to Armenia will increase. According to various reports, this was not a surprise for the authorities. they knew in advance, they just left it to the last moment, serving it with pre-holiday “sauce”. According to the information of “Past” daily, the authorities in Moscow managed to reach a certain agreement on the price of gas, so that it will not become more expensive for at least one year, that is, only in 2019, but everyone is persistently silent about the future price. The Prime Minister of Armenia asked for that one-year “pause” in order to ensure clarity and a certain balance in the internal political issues of Armenia. So, according to experts, the circle around the gas price continues to tighten.”

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “The ECM is preparing for an unprecedented congress, which will be presented as a “renaissance” congress. Yesterday, a working group was formed under the leadership of the vice-presidents of the Ukrainian Communist Party and the presidents of the regional councils, which will deal with the preparation of the upcoming board meeting and congress. The conference will be held in late February-early March. A change of leadership, particularly vice-presidents, is also expected. Perhaps only Ara Ketikyan will retain his status as vice president, who, according to some reports, Manvel Grigoryan supported the authorities during the operation against

“People” it became known to the newspaper that a businessman Silva Hambardzumyan and: Araks Dilanyanrecently encountered. As it is known, the law enforcement officers are the former Minister of Nature Protection of the RA, the former deputy of the RPA faction Aram Harutyunyan charged with bribery. The point is that businessman Silva Hambardzumyan has always stated. “I gave the bribe in 2008, and from 2009, my mines began to be deprived of their licenses. It was forwarded to the Minister of Energy Armen Movsisyan, which Surik Khachatryan he was a close friend, and they began to deprive him. I transferred the 8 million dollars to Dubai to the account given by them to the account of Araks Dilanyan. On the same day, Araks Dilanyan transferred from his account to 3 famous partners of Aram Harutyunyan: Victor Martirosyan, Armen Khachatryan, Gagik Karapetyan. And I gave 6 million in cash through Suren Avagyan.” And here, according to the information we received, the pre-investigation body invited businessman Silva Hambardzumyan and Araks Dilanyan to a confrontation a few days ago. Araks Dilanyan also confirmed during the confrontation that he received money from Hambardzumyan by way of transfer, but he said that he did not know that it was a bribe.