Tuesday, April 7 2020 18:19

ArmInfo.The prosecutor of the Lori region appealed to the governor and the head of the community on the issue of returning the territory of the Alaverdi branch of the  National Gallery of Armenia to the community.

During the investigation, it turned out that in relation to the  territory of the gallery belonging to the Alaverdi community, in the  absence of the necessary documents, another person registered the  ownership right. In particular, on the basis of falsifications, by  the decision of the court of first instance in the Lori region, this  property was transferred to the ownership of ARMECONOMBANK CJSC. On  this fact, after publication in the media, on December 31, 2018, a  criminal case was opened on the grounds of part 1 of article 325 of  the Criminal Code of Armenia:

During the preliminary investigation in the criminal case, it turned  out that on March 14, 1997, by the decision of the RA government, the  building of the former furniture store No. 18 on Kakhoyan Street,  turned into an exhibition hall, was transferred to the ownership of  the Alaverdi city community. Prior to this, on December 30, 1996, the  Tumanyan branch of "ARMECONOMBANK" CJSC filed a lawsuit in the court  of Vanadzor demanding to declare the city administration bankrupt for  non-repayment of the debt in the amount of 41.392.000 drams. On  August 8, 1997, the court decided to sell the property of the  Alaverdi city municipality through a direct transaction and auction.  By a court decision of April 23, 1999, the territory of the  aforementioned store No. 18, among other facilities, was transferred  to the Tumanyan branch of ARMECONOMBANK CJSC. Meanwhile, the heads of  the Alaverdi community, neither in 1997 nor in 1999, raised any  objections to the legality of the sale of the gallery's territory  when, by the first decision of the RA government, the building of the  Alaverdi branch of the National Gallery of Armenia, which was part of  store No. 18, was transferred to the ownership of the city of  Alaverdi. Thus, the mayors of the city of Alaverdi, V. Lalayan and K.  Yesayan, who were mayors of the city of Alaverdi in 1997 and 1999,  did not fulfill their duties properly, not preventing the property  transferred to the ownership of the community from being included and  alienated together with property owned by another organization.  It  is noted that the criminal prosecution of the above persons is  impossible due to the expired statute of limitations of the crime.  For his part, the prosecutor of the Lori region appealed to the  governor and the head of the community on the issue of returning the  territory of the Alaverdi branch of the National Gallery of Armenia  to the community.