“HERITAGE” CALLS FOR TAX EVASION

It came clear recently that one of the propaganda groups of Raffi Hovhannisyan’s “Heritage” party that campaigns in constituency 15 for an MP mandate, headed by the parliamentary faction member Anahit Bakhshyan came out with a rather “interesting” appeal in Arax community of Armavir province. This is what village governor Ruben Karapetyan told us.

“Our community is in constituency 15, naturally all the nominated candidates must hold campaign also in village Arax.
Last Saturday, on August 18 some representatives of “Heritage” party were holding their pre-election campaign. They were moving around the village with one Jeep and two Mercedes, under Anahit Bakhshyan’s leadership and speaking with the village people. I haven’t interfered in this process, up to the moment when the people from my community informed me that those propagators told them that the land tax is compensated from the state budget and that the community leaders and the village governors cheat the villagers and extort money.
This can’t be considered a pre-election campaign. I am a village governor I never interfere in political issues but when somebody makes encroachment upon the state I can’t be silent.
I responded the alarm and found out that Anahit Bakhshyan has personally called the villager for tax evasion declaring that the village governors and community leaders cheat and exploit the villagers. She has also passed on apparently false information saying that property and land taxes are compensated from the state budget. She has even introduced quotations from certain laws and used expressions humiliating the village governors.
The communities are part of the state structure; local self-governmental bodies, the budget of which comes from the local taxes in a manner envisaged by the law. In fact such games and announcement are not only against the village governors but also against the state and can seriously damage the local self-governmental system that is on the way of accomplishment. Are these people against having diligent taxpayers in our country? Isn’t it enough to pin our hopes upon the foreign money?”
“Mr. Karapetyan what measures have you taken?”
“In the framework of pre-election campaign I’m ready for any type of criticism and condemnation, but criticism should also pursue a sensible object. I have only protected my rights; I have prevented them from spoiling my reputation and in their presence I have assured my community members that “Heritage” propagators were cheating them. It was aimed at revealing the falsehood. Maybe these people think that it is easy to deceive the villagers because they are not well informed. But even though because of the lack of information the villagers are vulnerable we shouldn’t speculate on this fact.
I can definitely state that at least in our community “Heritage” lost its rating. Later I was informed from the members of “Heritage” party that Raffi Hovhannisyan was upset about Anahit Bakhshyan’s anti-state propaganda. However, next day, no one attended the meeting with Raffi Hovhannisyan.”
”Was it only in Arax community that they made those anti-state propaganda?”
“Usually one propaganda group attends one community and prepares ground for Raffi Hovhannisyan’s visit to that community. Later he comes, shakes hands with the villagers, chats about different topics, and goes back. After what happened in our community I talked with the village governors of the neighbor villages. They said the same thing happened in their village but they avoided any clarifications.
But I couldn’t tolerate it. Later I found out that, to confirm her lie, Anahit Bakhshyan has introduced a list of those living on dole stating that the prices written in front of the names are the state compensations of the land taxes, whereas our community of 1200 people has a debt of 100 million drams for land and property tax. Is Anahit Bakhshyan going to cover those debts? After my indignation some members of their propaganda group admitted that Anahit Bakhshyan made wrong announcements and appeals.
V. AHARONYAN

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