Hrant Bagratyan: Those involved in offshore scandal today have top posts (video)
The Armenian National Assembly today discussed a loan agreement to the tune of $113 million, signed with the Asian Development Bank on October 13, 2015, under the second part of the "Sustainable Urban Development Investment Program.’ In his speech, opposition lawmaker Hrant Bagratyan said he would first speak about the Parliamentary Assembly if the Council of Europe. “In fact, we had a defeat (0:1) in the Strasbourg-based structure. We received a blow. But there is another problem here. I am sure that you can hardly find at least three people in this hall who understand the problem of the Sarsang reservoir.” Speaking about the loan program, Hrant Bagratyan said that he would vote against it, but he finds it to be a good agreement. “Though it is not perfect, the agreement is much better than the previous ones. Of course, it is well thought out. I only want to remind you that in the last eight years the Republic of Armenia has taken a loan of $3 billion six hundred million. You spend the money the way you want. But you will soon face difficulties in taking loans because there is a problem related to the GDP. On the other hand, we do not believe you because people involved in an offshore scandal today have tops posts why should we believe you? “It is easy to guess what and who you are hinting at,” NA Speaker Galust Sahakyan said. “Mind your own business,” Bagratyan said in reply. “I have no other business, therefore I am sitting here. What do you want from me? I have not given any names, do you want to respond? Do you want me to give other names?” said Sahakyan. Lawmaker Edmon Marukyan said he was going to vote against the loan programme.
