MANUK GASPARYAN’S FIRST VICTORY

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04:06 pm 07 March, 2006

Leader of “People’s way” party (PEP), deputy Manuk Gasparyan considers,
that for the first time during the last 14 years he has achieved his
first real victory – the “Botanical garden” operation is over. After he
had raised the question of felling and building processes in Botanical
garden of Yerevan previous week, the construction was stopped.

Today by 15:00 all the construction technics must have been take out
of the territory. At present the garden is in following condition:
11 out of 18 planned pits for cottages have been dug, each covers
15/20 square metres. As PEP leader presented, he had found out who
7 of the 18 cottages belong to.

Yet Mr. Gasparyan refused to publish the names of the owners. “If
the construction wasn’t stopped, we would make it public”. Manuk
Gasparyan marked that the owners of the cottages are mostly average
oligarchs”. The deputy is sure that these men have already got their
punishment as for legalization of each document regarding cottages
they paid different officials up to 30 thousand USD.

After stoppage of the construction they have already lost these sums,
perhaps.

The deputy is sure that if appropriate attention was paid to the
Botanical garden during the last two years, there would be 300-400
bushes today. After consultation held with the Prime Minister it was
decided to reestablish water supply in the garden till the end of
March, and the Ministry of Agricultere was charged with realizing
planting, which will possibly be carried out in April.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress