THE ILLEGAL STEPS TOWARDS THE DEAF REMAIN UNPUNISHED

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[04:07 pm] 30 March, 2006

Today the representatives of the Deaf and Mute Union organized a
press conference in the club “Fastark” in order to prevent the illegal
steps of the Union leader Jora Varagyan. According to the complains
the latter is going to estrange 9000 square meters, the enterprise
of about 1 acre, the hostel of Gyumri and other territories.

It is already 73 years the Union exists. The Union representatives
claim that the Union leader illegally aliened the property and the
territories of the Deaf and Mute Union, wasted the money taken from
them and appropriated the sums in the account. Out of 9 members of the
Union Administration 5 were unaware of the value of the territories
estranged in 2000 – 2002. The group of independent experts affirmed
those facts, and the case is being investigated in the Prosecutor’s
office now.

The representative of the Union Partev Muradyan met the investigator of
the case Gharakhanyan together with other representatives today. “We
have got such an impression that the investigator doesn’t deem
Varagyan’s steps as a crime as no examination has been held so
far,” Partev Muradyan says and adds, “The estrangement of the
territories will only be possible to stop after Varagyan’s bearing
the responsibility.”

By the way, Partev Muradyan assures that about 15 people of Jora
Varagyan’s adherents threat them with murder and beating in case
they protest. Those people have their personal interests with
Varagyan. Partev Muradyan urges, “If they realize their threats we
shall backfire.”

If the complaints which reached to the Prosecutor’s Office are not
asserted Muradyan is going to apply to all courts and take all the
possible and impossible measures. They are going to form a new public
organization and name it “The Alliance of the Deaf” which will have
the program of “poverty elimination strategy model.” They have got
manufacturing area and means to provide the most vulnerable layer of
the society with work. The membership of the Deaf and Mute public
organization will be realized on volunteer bases, there won’t be
membership fees and the territory will work due to the investments.

Let us mention that Partev Muradyan complained of the fact that the
deaf have tax privileges as they have excellent leaders whereas they
don’t have such privileges.