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`I WANT TO PRIVATIZE MY HOUSE WITHOUT GIVING BRIBE’
[03:35 pm] 16 March, 2007
The events with the Kozern residents taught a good lesson to the
residents of Miasnikyan; they have decided to make documents and
legalize their houses as soon as possible.
The inhabitants fear that they will soon be deprived of their own
places and lands. The residents have applied to the State Cadastre
Committee since 1998 to get a right to property but they have been
refused on groundless motivations.
The resident Norik turned to the cadastre twice in 1998 but he got the
following answer, `The territory is in the red zone. You cannot
privatize the place, as the houses in the zone are illegal and will be
pulled down’.
`Five houses of the district are privatized whereas the other five are
not. These are semi-detached houses. How can we understand their
step?’ wonders Mr. Norik.
The inhabitants demand to recover their violated rights and to mark
their property in accord with the cadastre prices of 1998.
Samvel Lazarian, head of the `Community and Right’ NGO, represents
the interests of the district dwellers. He says that by 2009 the
district had been involved in the zone of alienation, but the RA
President hasn’t ratified it yet.
Everything will be cleared up within 10-15 days. `We are unaware of
their plans and don’t know what they will build instead of our
houses. No matter what they build, they must keep the public informed
of their plans’, says Samvel Lazarian.
To note, a highway will be laid Miasnikyan district. The residents
are ready to vacate the territory provided they receive the
corresponding compensation. But they will arouse an action of protest
in other cases.
Under the decision of the RA Prime Minister an interdepartmental
commission will be set up to deal with the issues of Kozern,
Miasnikyan and to consider the order of privatization and the sum of
compensation.