Friday, October 10 2014

 Heritage party MP, Zarui Postanjan, has blamed the speaker of the Armenian parliament, Galust Sahakyan, for making obstacles on the way of her activity. The reason of it is Sahakyan's refusal to put into circulation the draft statement on reappointment of Surik Khachatryan as a governor of Syunik region, Postanjan said. 

According to the law "On regulations of the National Assembly", the speaker should put a draft into circulation. "The speaker had to do that till 2 October. But the draft statement has not been yet put into circulation. Taking this into consideration, I should say that the speaker, Galust Sahakyan, taking advantage of his authorities, hinders my activity as a member of the parliament", - Postanjan said.

She asked Ombudsman Karen Andreasyan to take measures for restoration of her rights, and to make Galust Sahakyan responsible. 

To recall, MP Zaruhi Pastanjyan (Heritage opposition party)  submitted a draft statement on biography of Surik Khachatryan, the Syunik region governor.  Postanjyan explains her step with the lawless, as she thinks, past of the governor, who was reappointed to that post on 25 September 2014.  

Postanjyan says that Surik Khachatryan, known with his nickname "Liska" passed a 'glorious' way serving the interests of Serzh Sargsyan's regime. "He was repeatedly officially convicted for various crimes, particularly, infliction of severe bodily harms, seizure of state and private property, hijacking and hooliganism," Postanjyan said.

The draft statement demands the Parliament to condemn inactivity of the judiciary with regard to Khachatryan. "The Parliament must condemn the Government's decision to reappoint Khachatryan as governor, Postanjyan said asking the Parliament to put the draft decision in circulation, as stipulated by the law. 
To recall, Khachatryan resigned from the post of the Syunik Governor following shootouts in front of his house on June 2 2013 when the former candidate for Goris mayor Avo Budaghyan was killed and his brother Artak Budaghyan, a commander at a military unit in the NKR was wounded.  There was another wounded, Nikolay Arustamyan, a relative and bodyguard of Governor Suren Khachartyan.  

Syunik Governor Suren Khachatryan's son, Tigran Khachatryan, was arrested over the shootouts.  Earlier, the governor's bodyguard Zarzand Nikoghosyan was arrested over the case.  However, the Court terminated the case and set free the Governor's son and his friend. 

To calm down the tensions in Syunik, parliamentarian Vahe Hakobyan, the son of Zangezour copper and molybdenum plant's ex-director Maksim Hakobyan, was appointed as Syunik Governor. However, according to ArmInfo's data, Surik Khachatryan, who enjoys the support of the country's leadership, put a spoke in the young governor's wheel.  Actually, Vahe Hakobyan was reluctant to send in his resignation.