Today, Samvel Harutyunyan, the former Mayor of Goris for the period of 1992-94, co-chair of the regional defense committee, presented new amazing facts about the former governor of Syunik Marz Surik Khachatryan and embezzlement in connection with his relatives. “One and a half years ago, the National Assembly passed a law on medical insurance. Surik Khachatryan, seeing the taste of money, immediately starts working, and abusing his official position documents 4 people as if agents and compels almost all state employees of the marz to insure their health. The value of each transaction is 70 thousand drams. They compel 3000 people, and it is a huge amount of money. And here are all 4 of them.
Surik Khachatryan has been for years, and even today is the director of “Syunik” Charitable Foundation, one of the 4 agents is Mkhitar Mezhlumyan, the son of the Executive Director of the Foundation Levon Mezhlumyan. The 2nd agent is Razmig Tunyan, his former driver, who in recent years has been working in one of Surik Khachatryan’s gas filling stations, his son is documented. The 3rd agent is the son of his former girlfriend Saida Adunts, the 4th is the son of Goris Police Chief Armen Hovhannisyan. 3000 deals are conducted, in which each transaction, i.e. 22% of every 70 thousand drams, according to the law, was going to the agent as revenue. 3000 multiplied by 22 per cent makes 46 million drams. They receive approximately 110 thousand dollars of revenue from these transactions.” Samvel Harutyunyan assured that, naturally, Surik Khachatryan could not miss his lion’s share from those transactions, as in all-and-all transactions.
He is telling about another transaction and embezzlement case in Goris with participation of Surik Khachatryan. “Years ago, in 1991, the 4th new high school building was built in Goris. It was left unfinished. Personally, I did my best to keep the construction going and the school students have the opportunity to study in a comfortable new school building. A few years ago, the school building, by direct order of Surik Khachatryan, is considered unclaimed property. For unknown reasons, it was in the balance of the Ministry of Science and Education, but considered unclaimed property, and is transferred to Goris municipality, and the municipality, no more, no less, shortly after, divides it into 4 parts, each with 224 square meters, and sells it to 4 people. The first part is sold to Loretta Barsegyan, Surik Khachatryan’s wife for 1 million 224 thousand drams, i.e. a total of 3000 dollars. The other 3 parts are sold for the same price, to the point the 2nd part was sold to Vardan Barseghyan, Surik Khachatryan’s brother-in-law, the president of “Tigran and Trdat” LTD, the 3rd part was sold to Sasun Khachatryan, Surik Khachatryan’s cousin, director of Tatev hydro electro station enterprise systems, and the 4th part is sold to Kamo Balasanyan, a resident of Goris.”
According to Samvel Harutyunyan, shortly after, the first 3 parts are sold to Harutyun Davtyan, a resident of Goris, whose brothers are businessmen in RF. Each part was sold for 9 million drams. “It is clear that it is impossible to imagine that Kamo Balasanyan has bought is for the same price, 1 million 224 thousand drams. It turns out that semi-finished school building was sold and Surik Khachatryan and his cronies benefited approximately 100 thousand dollars.”
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Hripsimeh JEBEJYAN
