HERITAGE OPPOSITION PARTY PARLIAMENTARY FACTION TO VOTE AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO LAWS ON TAX SERVICE AND ON LAKE SEVAN

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2008-08-21 09:53:00

ArmInfo. Heritage opposition party parliamentary faction will vote
against the amendments to Laws on Tax Service and on Program of
Restoration, Preservation and Reproduction of Lake Sevan.

Secretary of the faction Stepan Safaryan told ArmInfo it is already
the second attempt by the government to amend the Law on Lake Sevan
to increase the release of water to 360 mln cubic meters for the
current year. ‘It testifies that lake is just a source of water for
the government. At first the government motivated the amendment with
drought. After the factor of drought was not proved, the government
brought another motive – extension of the territory. Moreover, the
water of the lake is not good for irrigation.

Later it turned out that hotels on the shore may be flooded’, the
parliamentarian said. ‘The show in the Parliament aimed to reduce
the indicator to 280 million cubic metes that was proposed yet in
June 2008.

However, even 240 mln cubic meters are inadmissible’, Safaryan said.