OMBUDSMAN OF ARMENIA ASSESSED ACTIVITY OF YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY NEGATIVE
Yerevan, December 9. ArmInfo. During the past three months the
Armenian Ombudsman’s Office has received 714 complaints, 304 of them
in the written form. 33 applications were collective – with 1612
citizens’ signatures. On the whole, positive judgement was passed
on 34 applications, Ombudsman of Armenia Armen Harutyunyan said at
today’s press-conference.
A.Harutyunyan noted that most of the claims concerned the activity
of judicial bodies (39), the Municipality of Yerevan (23), the Police
(36), the Ministry of Justice (21) and Prosecutor’s office (15). The
citizens mainly complained about infringement of their rights to
legal protection (96), to satisfactory conditions of life (63), to
timely answer from state bodies, as well as infringement of their
social security and property rights. According to the statistics,
189 people who appealed to the Ombudsman’s Office were from Yerevan,
38 from Shirak, 16 from Lori, 14 from Kotayk and 10 from Gegharkunik.
A.Harutyunyan assessed the work of the Yerevan Municipality negative.
It doesn’t pay proper attention to the complaints of the citizens
and fails to cooperate with the Yerevan office of human rights. He
emphasized that the Municipality prefers to give formal answers without
taking specific steps for constructive settlement of vexed situations,
even after the court adjudges in favor of the aggrieved party. So,
about 90% of judicial decisions are not carried out.