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OMBUDSMAN RENDERS A PRESS CONFERENCE

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On the hundredth day of his office RA second Ombudsman Armen Haroutyunyan rendered a press conference to inform the society about what he has done.

During the three months of his office Armen Haroutyunyan received about 770 complaints half of which has been qualified as «beyond the authorizations of the Ombudsman», As for how many citizens have restored their rights, the Ombudsman mentioned that he will give correct figures in about six months.

As for the complaints, the RA citizens mainly complain of the violation of their rights in courts, in the Yerevan municipality, the police, and the administrations of realty and cadastre. The majority of the complaints refer to social-economic issues.

What has the Ombudsman managed to do during these three months? He has made about 15 visits to the region where there are no representatives of the Ombudsman.

By the way, Armen Haroutyunyan finds it normal that Armenia as not included in the UN Human Rights Defense Council this year.

THE OMBUDSMAN ACCEPTED THE SHORTCOMINGS AND PROMISED TO MEND THEM

Despite the fact that numerous newspapers published the threats of deputy Alexander Sargsyan, the brother of RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan towards the correspondent of the newspaper «Iravounq», Armen Haroutyunyan did not make an announcement protecting the journalist and the freedom of speech.

The RA second Ombudsman explains that he must receive a written application in order to take up business. Nevertheless, he accepted that in this case he has acted not properly and promised to fill in the gap within a few days making an announcement in this connection.

THE PROBLEM OF «HERITAGE» HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OMBUDSMAN

Yesterday Armen Haroutyunyan received a letter from Raffi Hovannisian, leader of the party «Heritage» about the problems with the office of the party. The application was titled «Information about crime». This allowed Armen Haroutyunyan to announce that the Ombudsman does not engage in the investigation of «crimes» and they have decided to send the letter to the corresponding structures which will take up the case of the «crime».

According to the law, the Ombudsman has the right to resend his letters with the agreement of the sender. Armen Haroutyunyan informed that Raffi Hovannisian is not against.