Panorama.am
15:46 25/03/06
`UNITED’ DISCLOSURE OF CORRUPTION
Today at the press conference member of `National; Unanimity’ party
Alexan Karapetyan started the disclosure of a number of corrupt deals
touching upon the bargains conducted by president of `Mika Limited’
company Michael Baghdasarov. Alexan Karapetyan stated that the former
didn’t return for about 3 million USD belonging to the State. And the
country doesn’t demand the money.
In the interview conducted by `Arminfo’ M. Baghdasarov rejected the
Deputy’s announcement about their debt to the country treating it as
aspersion and gossip. And he qualified the announcement of the deputy
as a false political performance.
However, what is that the oppositional deputy has disclosed? The
latter informed that according to the statement of the Ministry of
Finances and Economy on February 25, 2002, the Ministry carried out a
check-up of financial responsibilities of `Zvartnots’ airport. As a
result it was found out that `Zvartnots’ state airport had signed an
agreement with `Mika Limited’ company on fuel delivery on September 1,
1999 according to which the company was under the obligation to
deliver 10 000 tones of fuel to the airport with the price 208
USD/tone. Yet, `Mika Limited’ did not carry out its responsibilities
defined by the agreement, and `Zvartnots’ had to import fuel to the
country with the tariff 320USD/tone.
`According to our calculations on January 1, 2002 the losses of the
country caused by `Mika Limited’ are 2.957.760 USD,’ the Deputy
noticed.
Thus, can it be said that `National Unanimity’ has begun its
pre-election campaign by these disclosures? In reply to this question
the Deputy answered: `Yes, it can. Why not?’
He also promised to disclose a great number of corrupt deals. We
wondered which is going to be his next disclosure. In reply to this
the Deputy said: `Follow our announcement carefully and you will
know.’ And in reply to the question whether or not the `National
Unanimity’ is going to introduce the above mentioned facts to the
Chief Procurators’ Office A. Karapetyan said: `We have made
announcements, let them take and investigate the cases.’
/Panoarama.am/