ON THE DAYS OF FUNERAL OF DINK A HOTEL WAS SOLD IN ARMENIA FOR A SONG
Lragir.am
24-05-2007 16:46:27
The ex-prime minister of Armenia Hrant Bagratyan made a sensational
statement to reporters on May 24. He said on the days when people went
on protest in Turkey against the murder of Hrant Dink, and in Armenia
the Armenians held a mourning march to the memorial to the victims of
the Genocide, on the same day the Armenian government adopted a
decision on privatization of a hotel.
According to the draft decision extended to the government, the price
was 900 million drams but eventually the government decided to sell
the hotel for 700 million drams, Bagratyan says. `The decision was
extended to the president administration which ratifies the decisions
of government, set the price at 96 million drams. For 12 thousand
square meters,’ says Hrant Bagratyan. In answer to the question what
it has to do with Hrant Dink, Hrant Bagratyan said `it was privatized
by one of the organizers of the meeting.’