Among the high-ranking state officials there are not many high-ranking officials who have received substantial donations during the years of office, and the public has not been informed about it. High-ranking police officers also have no exception.

Chief of the RA Police Vladimir Gasparyan has declared 4 million drams in 2011 on the annual income line, which was received from the donation.   In the same year his wife, Irina Gasparyan , received $ 15,000 donation . During the same year, he also received a pension of 58 million drams.

The son of the first deputy head of the Police   Hunan Poghosyan also received a donation of 140 million drams in 2011 and Hrachya Poghosyan, who had no income for that same year, acquired a plot of 140 million, supposedly, with the donated money. By the way, until 2014 the boy did not have any income, and in 2015 the income made 437 thousand drams from the salary received.

Deputy Chief of Police Samvel Hovhannisyan said in his annual statement of 2015 that 30.109 million drams of donations were received in the line of income. During the same year, he also acquired the same value apartment in a multi-apartment building. In other words, it is assumed that the deputy chief of the police received a gift for the apartment.

Anubagh Hambaryan , another deputy chief of police, also received a donation of 24.61 million drams in 2015, and bought an apartment with the same value. In this case, it is also possible that the apartment has received a gift.

Deputy Chief of Police Vardan Yeghiazaryan also received 27.23 million drams in 2015, and bought the same apartment for the same year. However, during the same year, the donated apartment has been alienated. However, there is no indication of the cost of the alienation or how.

We tried to find out from the police what sources the police officers and their friends had received from such sources. In response to our inquiry, Hovhannes Kocharyan, the head of the police department, said:

“According to Article 37 (2) of the RA Law on Public Service, the list, content and form of the data subject to publication (s) included in the declaration shall be defined by the Government of the Republic of Armenia. The list of data to be published may not contain a personal identification information. “

Then Hovhannes Kocharyan cites the government’s decision of November 1835, according to which the declarations of high ranking persons and affiliated persons are subject to publication in the declaration, type, currency, income (foreign currency), income the size, the total amount, in drams and commodities.

“Thus, data on the donation made (donation) and the donation purpose (s) are contained in the identification of the individual and property, hence, based on Article 8 (1) (2) of the RA Law on Freedom of Information, their provision is denied , “said H. Sargsyan. Kocharyan.

In fact, high-ranking officials receive expensive gifts and the law protects them from what sources they have received.

Astghik Karapetyan
Lawyer: net