DAVIT HAKOBYAN: LIE IS THE ART OF KINGS

Lragir, Armenia
Oct 4 2007

"Lie is the art of kings," said Davit Hakobyan, leader of the
Marxist Party, in a news conference on October 4 with regard to Serge
Sargsyan’s explanation of the rise of prices of food on October 3 who
said food became expensive in the world, which caused the prices to
go up in Armenia.

"He is not telling the historical truth that two weeks ago Robin Hood
invited all the tax and customs officials and instructed to fill the
budget at any price to announce about a 2.5 billion budget two days
later," Davit Hakobyan says. According to him, Robert Kocharyan was
even unable to collect one billion, let alone 50 percent revaluation
of the dram against the dollar.

"Now he is announcing 2.5 billion. Why doesn’t he announce 6-7
billion? The budget of Estonia with a population of 1.5 million is
6-7 billion," the Marxist says. According to him, instead of pointing
to new sources of return, the government is trying to fill the budget
with taxes. "Sargsyan does not care that a loaf of bread of 300 g is
sold at the price of one kg of bread. He does not see this. Or, he
should show on some web site the prices of food on any international
or regional market," Davit Hakobyan says.