"Zhoghovurd" daily writes:
"Business trips in November were a gift for RA Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan.
According to the "Registration form for gifts of public office holders or public servants" submitted to the Corruption Prevention Commission, Nikol Pashinyan went on a working visit to the Vatican, the Holy See, on November 18, during which he received a gift from His Holiness Pope Francis, a clay sculpture "Tenderness". and love.
The sculpture was made using the engoba technique, which gives the clay a smooth, leathery appearance, which is then secured with a waxy patina.
On the one hand, the sculpture depicts His Holiness Francis of Assisi, who is a symbol of peace, respect for humanity and nature, and on the other hand, the image of a polluted, endangered world.
The value of the gift estimated by the recipient in AMD was 37 thousand 978 AMD.
On November 22, RA Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan received a gift of a kettle, a set of cups and teas worth 60,000 AMD from the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of China.
The law "On Public Service" regulates that persons holding public positions and public servants should not accept gifts related to the performance of their official (service) duties or express their agreement to accept them in the future.
The RA General Prosecutor's Office presented Sasun Khachatryan, the former chairman of the Anti-Corruption Committee, with a 925 sterling silver "Gnomo" type watch, the weight of which was 7.23 grams, and the belt is made of natural leather.
The watch cost 94,000 drams. Let us inform you that if the value of the gift provided for in points 1 or 4 (excluding the usually organized entertainment) exceeds 60,000 drams, then it is considered state or community property.
Persons occupying public positions and public servants are obliged to hand it over to the state or the community in accordance with the established procedure.
Apart from that, the person holding a public position and the public servant are obliged to record the permissible gifts received by them in the gift accounting register.
Permissible gifts with a value not exceeding AMD 40,000 are not subject to accounting, except for periodic (5 or more) cases of receiving a gift from the same source within 6 months. The value of the gifts is estimated based on the reasonable market value that can be estimated through open sources.
