TSARUKYAN ADVISES NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN “BJNI” AUCTION

“I have been Khachik Sukiasyan’s friend and business partner. I will never participate, nor will I advise anyone to participate in the auction. As far as the issue of documentation is concerned, the director and accountant are guilty because they are paid for making sure the documents are correct,” said today in parliament leader of the Prosperous Armenia faction Gagik Tsarukyan in response to the question on the “Bjni” mineral water factory.
Let us recall that the assets and the rights to those assets of the “Bjni” mineral water factory have been put up for an auction on December 19, but there has not been any proposal made to date.
In response to the question regarding the preliminary statement of the PACE Monitoring Committee, Tsarukyan said:
“I believe that Armenia has fulfilled all of the requirements, but since the trial is still in progress, it is early to talk about that. Nobody knows how the trial will end.”
But Armenia faces the danger of losing voting rights. To that, Tsarukyan said that nobody can deprive Armenia of its voting rights until the trial ends. “What does political prisoner mean? Is anybody in jail as a political prisoner? Let’s just wait until the trial ends.”
The next question referredto the rumors flying around that Armenia will see a new prime minister and that it could be him.
“I have always said and still say that I did not form a political party to come to power, but rather I did it for the country. I have done everything for the benefit of Armenia.”
Gagik Tsarukyan advised the prime minister: “The Prime Minister must take steps and the people have to see those steps. As for Tigran Sargsyan, he has been holding his post for a short while and must prove to the people that he can do a better job than what he used to do.”
As far as the global economic crisis is concerned, the Prosperous Armenia party convened a session this morning during which that issue was discussed.
“We find that it is necessary to give our businessmen opportunities and to evade lay-offs. Besides that, we have stated that it is time to think about helping businessmen. That is why our faction is against the taxing deal. The only reason that Armenia survived the first wave of the crisis was because our banking system didn’t work well. But the second wave is on its way. Prices are going up and down and it is a serious issue.”
Does the government have certain plans?
“There are programs. We have our proposals and present our plans, but I don’t know if they will be approved. In any case, I have assigned my faction members to propose their own programs.”
Journalists also asked Tsarukyan if he sees the out-of-turn parliamentary elections possible.
“In today’s conditions, we must do everything to keep everything calm and try to get out of the crisis. The important thing is to work and avoid lay-offs.”
In the end, Tsarukyan expressed his wishes for the New Year:
“I want Armenia to be the country that I would like to see. I would like to see my country stable. This year was difficult for Armenia; the events of March 1 were tragic and the deaths had a negative impact. The crisis was the result of 10-15 years of growth and now we need time to get things back in order.”

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