WHY YERVAND ZAKHARYAN CLOSED DATA ON SOIL?
10:47 March 04, 2015
Pan-Armenian Environmental Front
The Pan-Armenian Environmental Front (PEF) has sent a written enquiry
to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan, where
they demanded to post some information on the official website of
the ministry or to provide this information to them. Particularly the
volumes of mined ore, metals and accompanying components for 2002-2014,
as well as the results of the inspections carried out in the companies
in charge of mine development.
Nevertheless, the Ministry, without any grounds, rejected to post
this information on the website or to provide the information. The
official letter says that according to different articles of RA Code
on Subsoil such information is regarded as geological information
and can’t be disclosed without the soil manager’s consent, which has
no comparison with the legislation and violated the right to receive
environment-related information.
We think that the ministry has grossly violated public right to
receive information and have applied to the Ombudsman’s office in
this regard. A question arises: why Energy and Natural Resources
Minister Yervand Zakharyan closed the data on soil and what he has
to hide from public.