CASES BROUGHT AGAINST NINE COMMUNITY HEADS
Support A1+!In the court of the first instance of Shirak region nine cases have been brought against the heads of the communities of Azatan, Shirak, Lusaghbyur, Amasia, Voghji, Ardenis, Mets Sepasar, Poqr Sepasar, and Horom. The NGOs which turned to the court yesterday demand to provide the legislative ground of the freedom of information.
The problem is that on October 21-23, 2006, «Asparez» club of journalists turned to all the 119 communities of the region of Shirak asking for the copies of the budget of the years and the decisions adopted by the community aldermen. By January 25, 2007, 52 of the community heads have given no official answer to the request, seven of them have given part of the information needed, and 60 have sent the whole pack of information. Nevertheless, the majority of the information has been received with serious violations of the period stipulated by law.
The above mentioned nine communities are the ones which have not answered the request in any way.
