Tuesday, December 3 2019 10:51

ArmInfo. Armenian parliament refused to include in big agenda at meeting on December 3

The draft amendments to the RA Law "On Alienation of Property with a  View to Ensuring Priority Public Interests" submitted by the  Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia from  the Prosperous Armenia Faction Vae Enfijijan.

The deputy noted that the bill proposes to increase the amount of  compensation paid to the owner for the alienated property. "In  territories recognized as a priority public interest, in fact,  illegal actions and arbitrary approaches are recorded. The property  of a citizen in the Republic of Armenia should be protected, and in  case of alienation of property, its compensation should be equivalent  and full. And so that residents do not have problems, the requirement  compensation should be very clear, "Enfiajyan said. Equal  compensation is paid to the owner for property alienated under the  current law. The amount equal to the market value plus 15% of the  market value of the alienated property is considered equal. The  deputy suggests that when calculating the compensation paid to the  owner for the alienated property, to establish a premium to the  market value of 25%. Enfiajyan noted that prior to the development of  the draft law, he had many meetings with citizens who faced these  problems. However, as the deputy from the ruling "My Step" faction  Artashes Petrosyan noted, the problem does exist, however, it should  not be resolved by the bill. He noted that the examples provided by  Enfijajyan concern only the center of Yerevan and are directly  related to the business sphere, which, according to the current  legislation, has the direct ability to establish mutual obligations  with the beneficiary. The MP also pointed to the calculations  provided by Enfijan. "It is not clear why 25%, not 30 or 40%, the  lack of clear calculations also indicates the imperfection of the  presented document," said Artashes Petrosyan.

It should be noted that earlier, a government representative and  first deputy minister of justice Rafik Grigoryan noted that there  really are problems in this area. "However, the presented draft is  not aimed at solving these problems. The court precedents we  presented justify that the European Court also attaches importance to  the requirement of fair compensation. It requires adequate market  compensation. The Ministry of Justice is addressing this issue. We  believe that there are problems in this area, which were discussed in  a number of courts, however, these problems are mainly associated  with examinations, incorrect assessment, criteria of priority public  interest, and not with compensation its 15% ", - said Grigoryan.

As a result of the vote, the bill gained only 40 votes in favor,  which is not enough to include the issue in the big agenda of the RA  National Assembly.