IS SHADOW BUDGET ELIMINATED OR WILL OTHERS BE PLACED IN CHARGE OF IT?

Lragir.am
07-11-2007 14:37:18

On September 17 Robert Kocharyan dismissed Grigor Harutiunyan, the
deputy chief of the National Security Service. Grigor Harutiunyan
was a key figure in the public administration system. Different
information has come that he and the head of the customs service
Armen Avetisyan shaped the shadow budget of the system. In this sense,
Kocharyan’s decision gave the system a surprise. At that time rumors
spread that Grigor Harutiunyan will be appointed head of the National
Security Service of NKR. Some time later, however, Robert Kocharyan’s
brother-in-law was appointed to this position, and Grigor Harutiunyan
was said not getting on well. We have learned that now the State Tax
Service and the Police have launched checking at companies working
under his protection and imposed major fines. On the other hand, the
media reported that the head of the Customs Service Armen Avetisyan
has "run away" from Armenia, by official information, he has left for
Germany for a treatment. It should be noted that these two persons
are believed to be Serge Sargsyan’s people.