STATE AGENCIES ARE WASTING STATE BUDGET, SAYS CONTROL CHAMBER CHAIR
Tert.am
18:35 07.10.09
Having examined state agencies’ activities in 2006, the Control
Chamber today presented the 2008 report to the Armenian National
Assembly. Control Chamber Chair Ishkhan Zakaryan stated that, as
a result of their monitoring during the reporting year, violations
worth about 8 billion AMD were revealed, 2 billion AMD of which was a
waste of capital, and the other 6 billion AMD is a sum to be recovered.
It should be noted that the state budget’s resources were misapplied
abused exploited misused by almost all types of state agencies
including the ministries, regional and village administrations, and by
different state programs. For example, according to the chair’s report,
the biggest volume of violations and drawbacks among the ministries
was revealed within the Ministry of Health (940 million AMD); among
the regional administrations, Syunik regional administration (250
Million AMD); and among Yerevan districts, Kentron (Center) district
(2 billion 838 million AMD). There are also violations in the rural
programs, in Sevan National Park, in Urban Heating Project, Judicial
Reforms Project and the bird flu project.
After presenting the report, MPs inquired as to how much the
Control Chamber checks promote the improvement of state agencies’
work. Zakaryan modestly said that he is not to one to provide such an
assessment, adding that after they’ve done their work, violations
markedly decrease. However, Zakaryan did say that the "Control
Chamber is not viewed solely as a punishing body," and added that
following checks, they also present a package of recommendations to
the given agency.
In answer to Heritage Party MP Anahit Bakhshyan’s question on the
efficiency of the Control Chamber’s work, in terms of monitoring funds,
Zakaryan said they are unable to monitor the efficiency of all state
budget expenses. Moreover, the study they presented, according to
Zakaryan, refers to monitoring conducted on only 4