"DAVID HAROUTYUNYAN IS INTERESTED"

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[05:45 pm] 13 November, 2006

The deputies found it difficult to enter the Parliament building
today. The citizens of Yerevan whose houses or residential areas
have been alienated for the sake of state needs blocked their way not
allowing them to enter the building. The RA draft Law on "Alienation
of property for state and public needs" was to be voted after the
second reading.

The participants of the protest action claim that the RA government
has ordered the deputies to adopt the draft. According to head of
the NGO "Victims of State Needs" Sedrak Baghdasaryan, the draft has
never proceeded from the interests of the people, and Minister of
Justice David Haroutyunyan keeps representing it to the NA as "he
is interested".

"Especially the 18th article of the Law which represents the
transitional provisions contradicts the interests of the people. And
instead of protecting the people David Haroutyunyan does the opposite",
said Sedrak Baghdasaryan.

He also reminded that during the October 11 hearings the 9-page
pack of offers represented by a number of NGOs was ignored. "When we
raised that question, they said they did not have time to read it",
Sedrak Baghdasaryan complained.

He also reminded that during the October 11 hearings the 9-page
pack of offers represented by a number of NGOs was ignored. "When we
raised that question, they said they did not have time to read it",
Sedrak Baghdasaryan complained and drew a conclusion, "We live in a
totalitarian country where laws are made for several criminals only".