Shortly before, the President of the Republican Sports Federation of Schoolboys of Armenia, Ara Mehrabyan, telephoned Aravot.am and informed that the delegation, which was to attend the 13th World Gymnasiada for school athletes to be held in Brazil, has already left for Brazil and tomorrow morning, at 10:00 o’clock, they will be in Brazil, and the day after tomorrow, the athletes will take part in the competitions. As for the information circulated in mass media, he assessed it as ado about nothing. We asked whether there was a problems with the ticket. To remind that according to mass media reports, it was found out in the airport that the athletes, coaches, and managers do not have a plane ticket. And, as informed from the same source, the reason for it was that the a new organization won the tender of airline tickets, which obviously has submitted a false claim suggesting suspicious cheap prices for the shuttle route from Yerevan to Brazil. “There was a problem; there were inaccuracies associated with the ticket problem, now law enforcement agencies are dealing with it. We have claimed for a reimbursement,” said Mr. Mehrabyan. He added, “We all had tickets, just as people would say, we were “cheated”. People find out at the airport that their ticket is purchased up to Dubai. We had purchased the tickets legally, a tender was announced in compliance with the RA Law on “Procurement”. We posted an announcement and five companies participated, and the winner was the organization that “cheated” on us. “At the moment of our conversation, the President of the Republican Sports Federation of Schoolboys of Armenia recalled the name of the organization, promised to tell it later, he only added that the organization has been sued, and law enforcement is dealing with it. As said by our interlocutor, “There was a woman there, who was even arrested.”
Gohar HAKOBYAN
