KAREN DAVTYAN LYING?

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| 15:29:55 | 07-09-2005 | Social |

“When Shah Abas came to Armenia, the only church which was not leveled
to earth was the Echmiadzin Holy Temple… P.S. The picture of Shah
Abas was carved on the wall of the temple…”.

The residents of the Buzand street had written on the wall under the
photo of the President Robert Kocharyan. All the houses subject to
destruction have the photos of the President on their walls, as if
intending to delay their destruction. The policemen too became kinder
and did not interfere with this process.

Today the residents of the Buzand street spoke about the words of
the Municipality Investment and Reconstruction department head Karen
Davtyan during yesterday’s press conference. They considered his words
extremely offensive. According to them, Karen Davtyan’s announcement
about the residents of the street who refused to take the 925-940 USD
offered to them for one square meter, does not correspond to reality.

Resident of the Buzand street, victim of “State needs” Sedrak
Baghdasaryan claims, “There are many dark places in this process. By
the Government decision N909 lands have been allotted to the
organizations “Griar”, “Avan Tour” , “Gas Shin”, and “Meliq Gasparyan”
to carry our the construction of the Main Avenue. And what is the
“Griar” LTD? It was created in 2003, and by the Government decision
made in 2004 gets the larger part. The executive director is Arthur
Yordanyan who also works in the Armenian Compulsory Acts Realization
Department Arabkir section. That is, he evicts people from their
houses, securing work for the workers of his department and developing
his business. The second organization, according to the newspaper
“Republic of Armenia” had serious losses in 2004 and must pay more
than03 million drams as tax to the state. A question arises: How do
we trust this organization? What will it do and with what money?”

According to him, the “Griar” LTD must construct a 10-12 storied
living building, one square meter of which will cost 2000 USD. Sedrak
Baghdasaryan announces, “Davtyan says as if we have 30 sq.m. but we
demand 60. It is not so. We have 70 and we demand as much money as
to be able to buy a corresponding house in the same building. In my
case they have calculated about 600 USD for 1 sq.m. minus the income
tax 10%”.