NEW FIELD FOR COMPETITION
Victoria Abrahamyan

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| 15:45:25 | 15-10-2005 | Politics |

Trying not politicize the matter of returning the deposits, Human
Rights Defender Larisa Alaverdyan has the following approach towards
the problem: “If a person deposited money and cannot receive it back,
it is the violation of human rights”, she stated.

In her opinion, the state is obliged not only to return the deposits
but also to reimburse the people the absence of possibility to use
the sums in the course of years. “The matter should be discussed and
brought to the notion of the interested persons”, Larisa Alaverdyan
says.

In her words, the position of the interested party is being
ignored in the issue. “The legislation should say that if the
depositor dies his heirs should exercise the right of receiving the
compensation. Otherwise the state will artificially protract the
settlement of the issue and thus get rid of the problem”, he noted.

The problem of returning the deposits exists in all the post
soviet states and it can be settled only after clarification of
the legislation.

The human rights defender assures she is not aware of the possibilities
the state possesses for returning the deposits. “I must be impartial. I
positively assess the fact that the issue is being discussed. Ignoring
of this matter would be offensive for the people”, she added. To note,
in her opinion, political forces should compete on the issue.