Is Nairit owned by Tigran Sargsian?
"In reality, the Nairit chemical plant is owned by Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian or his brothers," says Harutiun Arakelian, Leader of the Ramkavar Azatakan Party of Armenia (HRAK).
He says the PM's brothers "have good jobs". One is Armenia's Ambassador to China. The other went to China and decided to open a joint company. The Chinese side demanded that the company be state-owned. Now our authorities have decided to privatize the company as they expect an annual income of 5-6 million dollars from Nairit. They want the money to enrich their pockets," announced the HRAK leader.
Harutiun Arakelian says the Armenian Premier is partly guilty of the recent blast in the chemical plant.
The Party has set up a commission to study the causes and aftermaths of the explosion. "If at least 10 % of government's promises were kept, the explosion wouldn't take place and we would have no victims. Besides, the Minister of Energy wouldn't delude people saying the screws were out of order. As usual, they laid the blame on the victims."
"Where are the 60 million dollars received from the caoutchouc production?" asked Mr. Arakelian and added. "In fact, the company has received superprofit selling tones of rubber. The Company took a loan of 70 million dollars and only 39 million were brought to Armenia. Where is the rest of the money?"
"Is it true that the fond of salaries mounts to 350 million drams and the 20-person management gets 60 million drams? 700-person administration gets 150 million drams while the 2100 employees working in hazardous conditions receive 140 million drams."
Mr. Arakelian has a copy of an agreement reached between the administration and employees according to which the employees will be fired in case they give any information on the plant. "But as far as I know Nairit is an open enterprise," noted Mr. Arakelian.
The HRAK Leader says Tigran Sargsian has decided to disband the Ramkavar Azatakan Party.
He also noted that Tigran Sargsian is not respected in Armenia, moreover, people abhor him as he has a psychology of a minibus driver. He has levied taxes on people casting their votes for the Republican Party."
