2024-05-27 12:23:16
From what sources had been donations transferred to the ruling “Civil Contract” (CP) get together? Even they do not know on whose behalf the transfers had been made, says the investigative journalist, Azatututa writes.
“These folks, who’re allegedly donors, have sharply denied that they’ve donated,” stated Mkrtich Karapetyan in a dialog with “Azatutyan”.
The Civil Pact 2022 fundraising story has been revealed by an investigation by Civilnet in collaboration with the Worldwide Investigative Community.
Mkrtich Karapetyan, the co-author of the investigation, says that the principle a part of the get together’s donors had been the CP candidates within the 2022 municipal elections.
Particularly, 15 donors denied that they donated cash. There was one who didn’t have a single dram of earnings, however he discovered from a journalist’s name that he had transferred a million drams to the ruling get together. Serob Avetisyan, a member of the council of elders of the Vedi neighborhood, was shocked by the journalists’ name, and the media revealed the dialog with him.
“Did you make the donation of 1 and a half million or not?” – “No, you might be improper.”
Meline Sukiasyan, a former member of the Tashir Council of Elders, was additionally shocked, who, in accordance with the checklist of donations, transferred 3 million drams in October and November 2022. – “I did not have such cash and I could not switch it.”
“We are going to inevitably eradicate corruption from the Republic of Armenia, and let nobody doubt our will,” Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan as soon as stated.
What’s the title of the fundraising story of the get together that got here to energy with guarantees to eradicate corruption? It’s described within the Prison Code, says electoral area skilled Vardine Grigoryan. – “It’s clearly an criminal activity to make a donation on behalf of one other individual, as an act implying felony duty.”
“Civil Settlement” reported that it acquired round 170 million drams in donations in 2022, which is greater than a 3rd of the get together’s annual funding. The investigation revealed that there was additionally a money switch, which is prohibited by legislation, in addition to exceeding the prescribed quantity.
“After doing the fabric, an inner conviction was shaped that the “Civil Settlement” has carried out some type of organized, strict, maybe unlawful mechanism to make sure the donations of its get together,” stated Mkrtich Karapetyan.
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