2018 October 10

Anti-Corruption Daily

Anti-Corruption 10/10/2018: 🔥 PM Pashinyan will resign within the next 7 days 🔥. SIS charges BHK municipality candidate with bribery. Two mayors and two Yerevan district managers down. Juvenile crime in Shirak down 4.6x. (MORE BELOW)
by ar_david_hh

All the accused are innocent until proven guilty by the court of law. Currency in Armenian Drams unless specified otherwise.

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PM Pashinyan says he’ll resign before October 16th to cause a new PM vote and possibly dissolve the Parliament. The new elections will take place on December, in this case. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/950518.html

A BHK Yerevan municipality elections candidate is charged with bribery, after SIS investigation concludes that he promised bribes to a family in exchange for voting for him http://hetq.am/arm/news/93881/yntrakasharq-talu-pastov-qnnvats-qreakan-gortsi-nakhaqnnutyunn-avartvel-e.html

The mayor of Azatamut is facing criminal charges for abuse of power for allegedly making decisions without the municipality council’s approval. The residents have been demanding his resignation since September 28th. http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/146013

The mayor of Urtsadzor has resigned after month-long protests for bad management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYNmhUoGmf4

HHK Ashotyan says SIS was investigating his work related activities when he was employed at the State Medical University. That is what he was referring to as a “threat” yesterday. Says the investigation started after unfounded allegations on the media http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/145997

Yerevan’s Arabkir and Erebuni district managers have resigned http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/146010

Today was the first day with Hayk Marutyan as the mayor of Yerevan. They’ve begun the process of replacing department heads with QP representatives. http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/146015

Veolia Water has found 3368 unauthorized water pipes connected to the main grid, which were being used by the residents to steal water. 1800 water meter fraud cases discovered. http://panarmenian.net/m/arm/news/261099

The government has given a temporary tax relief to Texas Productions technology manufacturer. They’ll invest AMD 664mln to create 68 jobs and produce and AMD 1.2bln worth products annually. Most of it will be exported to Russia. https://armenpress.am/arm/news/950426.html

Sasna Tsrer's Pavel Manukyan has been released on bail. Another member, Araik Khandoyan, has passed away from natural causes last night https://youtu.be/BmFFHT4XpaI?t=6

HHK Shawrmazanov's speech in Turkey. The topic is Artsakh and the Armenian Genocide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUy-BQHAfDM

In Shirak Province, the juvenile crime has decreased by 4.6 times compared to 2017 http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/146051

... the corruption related prosecutions have doubled. There are 19 criminal cases as a result of audits in 50 municipalities https://armenpress.am/arm/news/950512.html

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has arrived in Yerevan to participate in the 17th Francophonie http://www.armtimes.com/hy/article/146074

... Armenia establishes diplomatic relations with Gambia https://armenpress.am/arm/news/950509.html

... THE MACHINE WARS, BEGUN HAVE, IN TUMO https://youtu.be/xt-RH-QQeW4?t=25

.. other Francophone news https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCGovx9Q5WM

... PM Pashinyan speaks in French then translates his own speech. While translating to Armenian, he forgets what he was talking about in French. Time to retire bro? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di6N2LiWrWE

Nubarashen prisoners are having a chess competition https://armenpress.am/arm/news/950497.html

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Link to original report: https://old.reddit.com/r/armenia/comments/9n2o2p/anticorruption_10102018_pm_pashinyan_will_resign/