Thursday, February 6 2020 11:49

ArmInfo.The detention of the Chairman of the Urban Planning Committee of Armenia became sad, both offensive and joyful. This was announced on February 6 at a  meeting of the Government of the Republic of Armenia by Prime  Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

According to him, it's sad, because the official, using the flag, the  coat of arms and the people of the country, was able to "reach out  for dirty things."

It's insulting, since the same official who acted under the flag and  emblem of the state intended to submit a bribe of $ 5 thousand  application for the title of "Honored Builder of Armenia" to the  Prime Minister. "This is an insult both to my personal address, and  to the people, and to the values of the non-violent velvet revolution  of 2018," the head of government said. He continued, joyfully,  because if there were people in the country who doubted the  determination of the country's authorities to put an end to  corruption, they realized that "everything is much more serious than  they could have imagined." "And if there are doubters, I promise that  we will come for these people," said Nikol Pashinyan.

Recall that on the eve of the RA National Security Service reported  the detention of the chairman of the Committee for Urban Development  of Armenia Vahagn Vermishyan, who, according to the report, using  official powers, contrary to state interests and having agreed with  several developers, received five bribes in the amount of from 1 to  2.5 million drams in return to make the necessary building decisions.  To hide the receipt of bribes, Vermishyan opened a company conducting  design work and registered it in the name of one of his relatives.  For receiving projects, the official sent to her the developers with  whom he worked. In addition, in October 2019, Vermishyan met with the  owner of several construction companies, whom he promised to  introduce him to the title of Honored Builder of Armenia. In  exchange, he received $ 5 thousand and building materials for about  the same amount.

As part of the criminal case, the suspects were taken to the SNB, and  three of them, including the chairman of the committee, were  detained. The official who received the bribe confessed to the crime.  The investigation is ongoing.

Vermishyan was appointed Chairman of the Urban Development Committee  on March 21, 2019. Prior to that, in 2017-18, he was an adviser to  the mayor of Yerevan, and in 2014-2017 - the chief architect of the  Oryol region. Among Vermishyan's projects are the first and second  terminals of Domodedovo Airport, a seaport in Sochi with coastal  infrastructures, a sports complex in Astrakhan, and a new Yerevan  circus.