"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"On October 13, preliminary public hearings were held in Ginevet village of Vedi community regarding the mineral extraction works of Karmir Sar limestone marls presented by "Ord Group" LLC.
It should be noted that this plan also envisages the construction of a cement factory. This is the first stage of public discussions. According to the authors of the project, an investment of 25 million drams is planned, which can be increased to 35 million if necessary.
These hearings were tense, often the employees of the municipality made biased statements. specifically someone whose nephew defends human rights in the parliament. We are talking about Rustam Bakoyan's uncle, Shamo Bakoyan, who prevented Gevorg Avagyan, an investor who founded gardens in the community, from asking questions during public hearings and shouted: "You can go and do everything in your Denmark, you can go right now," Bakoyan shouted.
Shamo Bakoyan was in charge of the public hearing. the hearings turned into a debate, then into a fight of tongues, then the patrol service officers arrived.
In addition to this, "Zhoghovurd" daily learned that Artashat mayor Karlen Mkrtchyan sent a letter to the Governor of Ararat and stated that the municipality is in favor of mining.
It turns out that the "inspiration" to operate the mine was created by the government through direct impulses. Arpine Khachatryan, president of the "Koriz" youth and community development center NGO, describing the hearings, said: "It seems that people were specially brought to the hearing to mock, curse, discredit and slander those who oppose the mine. In particular, the residents of Kaltsrashen and Aygezard were told that they came from Yerevan, that they were sold, etc. In response to threats to biodiversity, there were sarcastic expressions like, "does that poppy increase the yield?", probably referring to the elegant iris listed in the red book, followed by "what will tourism bring to our country", "leaving the harvest, let's go after nisya".
By the way, the last statement was made by the head of Nor Ugh administrative district," said Arpine Khachatryan.
It turns out that everything is being done to exploit the mine at the cost of life."
Details in today's issue of "Zhoghovurd" daily.
