Their Purchased Apartments were Resold to HHK MP, Complain Yerevan Residents

Norashen 2007 NGO members will soon contact Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan to address their concerns as complaint appeals sent by residents of resold suites in a couple of newly built buildings to head of the RA Presidential Control Service Hovhannes Hovsepyan have not yielded any positive results. They are even preparing to stage a hunger strike with no fixed end date outside the president’s residence. This news was conveyed to the press by Norashen 2007 NGO representatives at a press conference in Yerevan today.

Recall, Norashen 2007 NGO was established by members of the Norashen 2007 consumers’ co-operative, disgruntled owners of suites in 37 and 38 Gevorg Chaush St. who paid for apartments that they have not yet received. The co-op, in particular, resold 14 suites to Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) MP Hermine Naghdalyan and her husband, David Beglaryan.

“When it became known that our apartments’ papers are in the possession of MP Hermine Naghdalyan, the latter, finding out about our complaints, personally asked to meet with us. Seven of us went to the meeting at their personal workshop in Jrvezh. During the conversation she urged us not to mention her name anywhere and promised to return the apartments. Believing her, we’ve been waiting nearly a year for our apartments to be returned. We’re convinced that she’s placed the same soft pillow beneath the investigators’ heads. It’s been nearly a year that the matter is being investigated, but there is no case against her husband, David Beglaryan. It’s amazing that days ago Hermine Naghdalyan was speaking on television and weeping, touched by a song, but what’s not being considered is that for about a year our residents have been singing mourning songs and not once has she reacted to us residents living in rented apartments and under dire conditions. How can someone who gets emotional from a simple song be so indifferent toward 400 deceived residents?” said resident of 14/3 Gevorg Chaush St. Armine Mayilyan.

The disgruntled residents say they will protest until they get their apartments from Hermin Naghdalyan and her husband.

“I am a member of the Republican Party of Armenia and I’m embarrassed that when I begin to gather votes in our party’s favor during the pre-election period, people will reproach me that there are people like Naghdalyan in my party,” said Norashen 2007 NGO representative, HHK member Boris Nazaryan.

The members of the NGO assert that if until now they were ready to again pay for their apartments in order to get them back, now they are unable to pay a cent, while Hermine Naghdalyan is not willing to make any concessions.

Note, on Nov. 19, 2009, the Armenian government decided to give Norashen 2007 co-op a pledge for a $500,000 USD state loan; however, this too didn’t help the co-op’s leadership resolve their issues.