ACCORDING TO MANUK GASPARIAN, DECISION ABOUT STOPPING CONSTRUCTION WORKS IN BOTANICAL GARDEN MADE AT HIGHEST LEVEL

Noyan Tapan
Mar 07 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 7, NOYAN TAPAN. The decision about stopping of the
program of construction in the territory of Yerevan Botanical Garden
was made at the highest level. As MP Manuk Gasparian, Head of the
Democratic Way party, declared at the March 7 press conference,
this decision was made at RA President’s staff. According to the MP,
Yerevan Mayor has promised to make an official decision about closing
the program by March 10. According to M.Gasparian, it’s the first
time during his 14-year political activity that he is satisfied with
the result received. According to him, the construction machinery
has been already brought out of the garden with the exception of
two machines that are out of order. The builders have promised to
bring them out of the garden’s territory. According to M.Gasparian,
the decision about construction in the garden was made by Yerevan
Mayor’s Office in 2002. As he mentioned, he has found out the names of
7 out of 18 persons that were to receive land plots in the territory
of the Botanical Garden. Mentioning that they are mainly medium
oligarches, the MP declared that he isn’t going to make public
these names as these persons have been already punished: each of
them has spent about 30 thousand USD still before the beginning of
the construction. M.Gasparian informed that the garden’s irrigation
system will be restored by the end of March.

According to him, the Prime Minister has promised to finance these
works from the government’s resources. And the MP promises to fill
the pits dug for the purpose of construction and to organize tree
planting in the territory of the garden.