Verelq: Press: “Uninformed” Araik Harutyunyan, instead of Bako Sahakyan? what is expected of Artsakh?

VERELQ presents the most notable publications of the Armenian press.

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Since yesterday, conflicting news has been spreading about the Artsakh power bloc, including the fact that the former Prime Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Araik Harutyunyan will replace Bako Sahakyan and that is why he is in Moscow these days. In response to our question, Araik Harutyunyan said: “I am in Moscow with my family, only on personal matters, as far as your indications are concerned, there is no such thing, nor the need to discuss such issues here.” In all cases, it is said that you will replace Bako Sahakyan. “It’s nonsense. There should be elections to replace Bako Sahakyan, and the people will decide who will replace him, based on the results of the elections.” Is early resignation of Bako Sahakyan possible? “No!” And how do you feel about the news? Levon Mnatsakanyan, Vitaly Balasanyan resignations. “To be honest, I’m not aware, I’m detached from the reality there, I understand what you mean, but I’m still not aware.” He will return to Artsakh in 3 days.”

“People” the daily writes. “The NKR president visited Yerevan yesterday Bako Sahakyan: He met the RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with According to the official report, a number of issues related to the internal and external policy of RA and NKR, security, formation of state budgets of NKR and RA for 2019 were discussed at the meeting. However, according to the sources of “Zhoghovurd” daily, the reasons for Bako Sahakyan’s coming to Yerevan and meeting with Nikol Pashinyan are actually different. As you remember, during the pre-election campaign of the RA NA elections, there was a “shootout” of words between Artsakh officials and RA Prime Minister Pashinyan several times. Artsakh officials made harsh comments at the beginning Sasun Mikayelyan, then regarding Nikol Pashinyan’s statements, without getting to know their content in full, but contenting themselves only with excerpts of words, cut out of context, that many websites put as headlines. Pashinyan responded in both cases, urging for the second time the President of Artsakh, Bako Sahakyan, to call the representatives of his government to order. And here, according to “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper, the tension between RA and NKR has worried many representatives of the Artsakh government, and discussions have been held in Stepanakert for days, trying to find ways to alleviate the situation. At the same time, the opinions in the government of Artsakh were not uniform. a part said that Armenia should take the first step of reconciliation, but many insisted that Armenia is their big brother, they have no right to oppose, moreover, they were wrong both from a human and legal point of view, therefore they should apologize and reconcile. It was also decided that NKR President Bako Sahakyan, who was sent to Yerevan, can do it. And this meeting may be followed by a series of dismissals in Artsakh.

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Although the commander of the Artsakh Defense Army Lyova Mnatsakanyan The official release order did not happen yesterday, but according to our sources in Artsakh, yesterday the future commander of the Defense Forces, Major General Karen Abrahamyan He met with the officers in the PA building. He is the chief of the general staff of the army. And he will be replaced by the commander of the military unit in the position of the chief of staff Jalal Harutyunyan. Karen Abrahamyan is a former commander of NSS border guard troops Armen Abrahamyan is his brother. It is noteworthy that both the new commander and the chief of staff are from Artsakh, they have held various positions in the armed forces and are respected in the army. Before that, there was information that most likely they will be appointed from RA. Basically, the RA-Artsakh military-political balance will not be broken.”

“People” the daily writes. Accused in the March 1 case Robert Kocharyanthe issue of detention has become a cause of internal discord in the judicial system. Of the judges of the Court of Appeal Alexander Azaryan, by whose decision Kocharyan was released, publicly announced that there is brutal pressure on the judicial system. This is after Kocharian was detained later by the decision of another judge of the appeal court, Rubik Mkhitaryan. Yesterday, “Zhoghovurd” daily turned to judge Rubik Mkhitaryan for comments in this regard, to find out whether he was pressured or not. He conveyed the following answer through his assistant. “Mkhitaryan only considered it necessary to emphasize that he did not have any discussion with anyone outside the court session regarding the case that interests you, there was no interference or attempt to interfere in his activity as a judge, otherwise it would undoubtedly have received an adequate response as provided by law.” 

“time” the newspaper writes. “President of PAP Gagik Tsarukyan decided that the position of NA vice-president available to the PAP, as the opposition, should be occupied by the third number on the PAP list, the Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources Artur Grigoryan: With this move, Tsarukyan is trying to bow to the current government and the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, because Grigoryan has a close relationship with the director of the National Security Service Artur Vanetsyan with The vice president of PAP is also fighting for the position of NA vice president Vahe Enfiajyan and leader of the “Alliance” party Tigran Urikhanyan, but Gagik Tsarukyan’s decision is final.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “According to the information of “Zhamanak”, he will be elected as the chairman of the National Economic Affairs Committee Hayk Gevorgyan. Gevorgyan worked for many years in the daily “Haykakan Zhamanak” edited by economic journalist Nikol Pashinyan, constantly criticizing the economic policy of the authorities of the day. Now it is necessary to see how he will implement the country’s economic policy as part of the new government and what results he will record.”

“Fact” the newspaper writes. “It is natural that the most discussed topic these days is the issue of positions: who will be the Speaker of the National Assembly, Vice Speakers, Standing Committee Chairmen, Deputy Prime Ministers, Ministers, etc. In all this, the issue of governors is not secondary either. The point is that eight out of ten regional governors were nominated on the territorial lists of the “My Step” alliance, and seven of them were elected deputies of the National Assembly.
However, according to the information we have, no governor will receive a deputy’s mandate. A decision was made at the meeting of the KP board that all ten governors will retain their positions. Thus, instead of marz governors in the ranked election system, the next numbers on the regional electoral lists will become deputies (those with the third result in Aragatsotn and Tavush, fourth in Gegharkunik, Shirak and Syunik-Vayots Dzor constituency, and fifth in Ararat and Kotayk).
By the way, it is noteworthy that four of the seven elected marz governors achieved the best results in their constituencies, the Shirak marz governor was second only to the Minister of Internal Affairs. Felix Tsolakyan,Governor of Gegharkunik, adviser to the Prime Minister Varazdat Karapetyan, and the Governor of Tavush Sipan Pashinyan: Only the governor of Lori was not selected from among those nominated.”

“Publication” the daily writes. “The newly elected government is going to optimize the state system, mitigating certain complaints about the increase in the number of deputies. There are reports that the newly formed government will not have three deputy prime ministers, which was the requirement of the law, but one, and the 18 ministries will be reduced to 11. According to that, the draft of the RA law on the activity and structure of the government will probably be the first of the drafts to be discussed in the newly formed National Assembly. 

“People” the newspaper writes. “Deputy of the RPA faction of the Armenian National Assembly Arkady Hambardzumyan“Slavmed” medical center belonging to Arkady’s family in Derzhava was blacklisted by the Ministry of Finance. “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper learned that the Yerevan Municipality applied to the procurement appeal board with the request to include this company in the list of participants who do not have the right to participate in the procurement process. “Zhoghovurd” daily newspaper learned that “Slavmed” medical center participated in the quotation request procedure organized by Yerevan Municipality and was recognized as the first place participant. But after some time, it was found that the medical center did not meet the requirements of the qualification standards set by the invitation. financial liabilities are more than the company’s assets. Meanwhile, the medical center claims to have taken loans to buy modern medical equipment. And now this story is gradually getting new developments. MC until 2020. will not be allowed to participate in the public procurement process.

“Publication” the newspaper writes. “Do you notice that the soldier of the 102nd base committed a terrible crime again, he was arrested, and he, like Permyakov once, is in the Russian military base, but no one is talking about it, the political society of Gyumri is silent, no one raises a voice, they do not throw stones in the direction of the military base, there is no protest action, which is not at all due to the scale of the committed crime, but is the result of a purely political approach. At that time, the power of the day was needed, Serzh Sargsyan to rebel against, to emphasize its vassal dependence on Russia, today there is no such “order” against the authorities,” said a former government official involved in the Permyakov case. To remind, a Russian serviceman of the 102nd Russian military base was arrested in the case of beating a 57-year-old woman to death on December 3 in Gyumri. The location of the latter is not discussed, confidentiality is maintained by the relevant authorities. In response to our inquiry regarding the problem, Arevik Khachatryan, the spokesperson of the General Prosecutor’s Office, said: “At the moment, we are not reporting any other details, we are only reporting that he has been arrested.”

“time” the newspaper writes. “President of PAP Gagik Tsarukyan has been refusing to pay the builders of the BMW car showroom for a long time. We are talking about one million dollars, or more precisely, 465 million drams. Zaruhi Sargsyan, the director of the “Smart Construction” company that did the construction, reported to the police that the “Euromotors” company has been refusing to pay for the construction of the BMW showroom for a long time. Until now, Sargsyan tried to get the money by persuasion, but seeing that Tsarukyan decided to cheat them, he turned to the law enforcement agencies. If the circumstances mentioned in Zaruhi Sargsyan’s application are confirmed, Tsarukyan can be accused of fraud.”