Politicians, commentators, analysts (of course, not only in Armenia) always tend to show that they know more than we, common mortals. They are looking for clan battles, intrigues, Baghramyan 26 and so on under every bush. All this, of course, is and always will be. If desired, even the hail in Armavir marz can be connected with the 2018 presidential elections. But these are flights of political thoughts. And we are interested in the events, the so-called “documentary” side.
The suspicious renowned businessman Ashot Soukiasyan and the Prime Minister of “full of corruption risks” Armenia Tigran Sargsyan insists that the first one despite the will of the second has registered the Prime Minister as an offshore company shareholder in Cyprus. From the beginning it seemed illogical to many of us, including me, but in these issues we need to move not from the logic, but with more knowledge and awareness. Who can make this issue clear, is it possible, or impossible? It must be a person who is familiar with the legislations of Cyprus. I assume that such a person is the Cyprus Attorney General Petros Clerides. The radio station “Liberty” referred just to him.
Is it possible for someone to register a company in Cyprus offshore company without the person’s permission? The journalist’s question is simple and clear. The the Prosecutor General of Cyprus gave the same answer, no, it is not possible. Now it’s not me but you. Suppose, we like the current prime minister very much, let’s assume, we understand that ‘rabiz’ oligarchy has problems with him, whom you will believe, Tigran Sargsyan and Ashot Sukiasyan, or Petros Clerides. This is a common rationality, 10 pieces of Baghramyan 26, the White House and the Kremlin, all politicians of the world will not be able to convince any rational person that the prime minister and businessman say the truth, and the Cyprus prosecutor lies.
Or, let’s assume that Ishkhan Zakarian is the most corrupted official in Armenia and has 100 castles all over the world. Let’s again move away from all kinds of intrigues, plots, inter-clan battles, etc. Let’s put the “rollbacks” aside, they need yet to be proven. The two bio-toilets worth of AMD 123 million, is it true or false? As far as no one has denied this number of Mr. Zakarian, then it is true? If it is true, then let any reasonable person respond whether it was an effective expense of taxpayers’ money, or not.
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The answers to these questions for us, ordinary citizens, concern more than the issue that the politicians deal with, whether a palace coup will take place. It seems a little unlikely to me. But, let’s assume it happened, and what then?
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
