COMPENSATION WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY
Lena Badeyan

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| 14:20:27 | 15-10-2005 | Politics |

Once member of temporary commission for examining the possibilities of
restoration and reimbursement of the deposits of the RA citizens Aghasy
Arshakyan submitted 3 proposals on behalf of National Unity party.

Despite the fact that the indexation proposed by the coalition is in
a way admissible for A. Arshakyan, he noted that in accord with this
program the deposits will be returned no sooner than in 120 years
while the package submitted by the National Unity provided for full
compensation in the course of 15 years.

The opposition MP realizes the political aims of the government,
which first of all are bound with the referendum on constitutional
amendments. “To all appearances, the coalition and the President
have come to consent that certain settlement of the matter will
create favorable conditions for the referendum. But they are
mistaken. The people are not too naïve not to make head or tail of
simple arithmetics. At the same time the authorities understand
that neglecting this issue would not contribute to the positive
outcome of the referendum. Our leadership want to enlist support of
the international financial organizations that “feed” our budget”,
he says. In his opinion, it is inadmissible to include the matter of
returning the deposits into the Strategic Program on Poverty Reduction,
since in this case deposits will be viewed as benefits.

Opposition deputy Manuk Gasparyan also sees a corruption risk in the
program. “Who will decide on the level of poverty? This problem will
become a source of bribery”, he said. He stated that the program
elaborated by the government refers to 5% of the depositors. “The
authorities are going to return $2 million instead of $8-12 billion”,
he noted.

However he sees a positive tendency as well. “From the economic
viewpoint I welcome this fact however it is senseless from the
political aspect”, he resumed.

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