On February 25 in Vanadzor the RA Administrative Court started hearing the
suit of "Aravot" daily founder, "Aravot Oratert" LLC and FOICA, versus Aram Kocharian,
Governor of Lori Region. The plaintiff demands to hold the inaction of the
Governor, who did not provide information on expenditure of budgetary funds.
The plaintiff’s representative at court is the Freedom of Information
Center.
suit of "Aravot" daily founder, "Aravot Oratert" LLC and FOICA, versus Aram Kocharian,
Governor of Lori Region. The plaintiff demands to hold the inaction of the
Governor, who did not provide information on expenditure of budgetary funds.
The plaintiff’s representative at court is the Freedom of Information
Center.
As it has been reported, earlier a similar suit was filed by the founder of
"Aravot" versus the Governor of Shirak region. On August 19, 2009 "Aravot" daily e-mailed
all Armenian Governors requesting on how the subsidiary funds of 70 million
AMD (about $ 185,000), allocated from the state budget in 2005-2009 to each
region, are expended. Only the Governors of Shirak and Lori regions did not
answer to the request, therefore, the founder of "Aravot" filed a suit with
the assistance of FOI Center.
At the session of February 25 the defendant was told that in 2005 the RA
Government approved the order of usage of e-documents and e-signatures by
administrative bodies. According to the order, the Lori administration was
to answer to the request. The next court session will take place on March
12.
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