Tuesday, August 31, 2004

POLICEMEN TRIED TO DRIVE ADVISOR OF ARMENIA'S PRESIDENT OUT OF
TERRITORY OF ELITE COTTAGES IN TSAKHKADZOR


YEREVAN, AUGUST 28. ARMINFO. Representatives of mass media of Armenia today held an action of protest in the resort town of Tsakhkadzor, which was aimed against the building of elite cottages in the forests near the town.

ARMINFO's correspondent informs from Tsakhkadzor, Advisor of the president of Armenia for fight against corruption Bagrat Yesayan joined the journalists on the way. Yesayan said that he had come to get acquainted with the situation in the place. Talking to journalists he did not exclude that the trees are cut down for carrying out construction works there. But he mentioned that this process must be regulated by a relevant legislation. Yesayan expressed hope that similar actions will promote increase of awareness of the society about the processes taking place in the republic. The advisor of the president condemned the recent incident when the guard of one of the elite cottages beat journalists who had tried to take a photograph of the territory guarded.

During the journalistic "round" a group of policemen headed by the Head of the Police of Hrazdan district Hunanian, tried to drive the "uninvited" guests out of the territory. After a talk of Bagrat Yesayan with the policemen tete-a-tete the employees of the police desponded to clear the territory from the journalists, and the shoot was resumed.

It should be noted that these villas belong to high-ranking officials of the country (Deputy Head of the Service of Police Armen Yeritsian, Head of the Administration of Kotayk region Kovalenko Shahgaldian, Head of Customs Committee Armen Avetisian) and deputies of the National Assembly of Armenia Levon Sargsian and Gagik Tsarukian.

No comments:

Post a Comment