PREMIER: VIOLATIONS IN PRIVATIZING COMMUNITY LANDS OCCUR EVERYWHERE IN ARMENIA

/ARKA/
April 17, 2009
YEREVAN

Violations in the process of community land privatization occur
everywhere in Armenia, Armenian Premier Tigran Sargsyan said at the
government meeting Thursday.

He pointed out that phenomena becoming a pattern in the country were
summarized at the recent meeting on studies conducted by Armenia’s
Supervision Chamber.

The government should criticize the behavior of officials who
allowed such violations, as well as take certain steps for systemized
legislative changes, the Premier said.

Even elementary rules are not observed in privatizing the community
lands and public lands are alienated for personal purposes, he
said. The studies carried out by the Supervision Chamber show that
these cases occur in all regions of the country, he added.

According to the Premier, this points to the necessity to toughen
the control on the one hand and to toughen the rules, including the
legislation, on the other hand.

The Supervision Chamber also focuses on the pipe procurement issue,
the Premier said.

He considered it worth to set up a vice-premier-headed target group
with representatives from all involved ministries, tax officers
and Supervision Chamber staff to develop a concept of the required
legislative changes to minimize violation risks.
From: Baghdasarian