“Heritage”’s proposals to the municipality
By the proposal of "Heritage" faction, Yerevan Municipality today discussed the issue of lands that had belonged to Shahumyan collective economy with the participation of 5 representatives of the former collective economists, head of "Heritage" faction Styopa Safaryan, the deputy mayor, Yerevan Municipality's legal department, heads of other departments connected to the issue and the head of the Ajapnyak district of Yerevan.
After the collective economy was disbanded in 1991, it was announced that collective economists would privatize the lands belonging to the collective economy without any compensation within the framework of the process of nationwide privatization. However, three months later, by Yerevan Municipality's decision, those lands were allocated to citizens who had been using them for 19 years for merely leasing purposes based on the grounds of being close to the city and having perspectives of municipal development.
After auctions declared in 2008, the lands that were given to them for rent, which were lands for cultivation, were put up for sale, and the owners who obtained them started implementing private construction by cutting fruit trees and endangering the existence of parks in general.
"Heritage" had previously raised the issue with the RA Minister of Territorial Administration, the RA Deputy Prime Minister, and the latter had informed that the issue was one that the Yerevan community was competent to solve, should be discussed at the municipality and that they are ready to participate in the solution to the issue.
After discussing several aspects of the issue during today's meeting at the municipality, Yerevan Municipality officials mentioned that they would like to solve the issue by the government's decision, which would give those leasing lands the opportunity to obtain those lands at a price set by the cadastre. With that purpose, there will also be a need to suspend the right of the company that obtained those lands through an auction to property by providing that company with another piece of land.
The municipality officials and the "Heritage" faction head agreed to work together as well as with government officials to give a solution that would favor all parties.
