On the hundredth day of his office RA second Ombudsman Armen Haroutyunyan
rendered a press conference to inform the society about what he has done.

During the three months of his office Armen Haroutyunyan received about 770
complaints half of which has been qualified as «beyond the authorizations of the
Ombudsman», As for how many citizens have restored their rights, the Ombudsman
mentioned that he will give correct figures in about six months.

As for the complaints, the RA citizens mainly complain of the violation of their
rights in courts, in the Yerevan municipality, the police, and the
administrations of realty and cadastre. The majority of the complaints refer to
social-economic issues.

What has the Ombudsman managed to do during these three months? He has made
about 15 visits to the region where there are no representatives of the
Ombudsman.

By the way, Armen Haroutyunyan finds it normal that Armenia as not included in
the UN Human Rights Defense Council this year.

The Ombudsman Accepted the Shortcomings and Promised To Mend Them



Despite the fact that numerous newspapers published the threats of deputy
Alexander Sargsyan, the brother of RA Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan towards
the correspondent of the newspaper «Iravounq», Armen Haroutyunyan did not make
an announcement protecting the journalist and the freedom of speech.

The RA second Ombudsman explains that he must receive a written application in
order to take up business. Nevertheless, he accepted that in this case he has
acted not properly and promised to fill in the gap within a few days making an
announcement in this connection.

The Problem of «Heritage» Has Nothing to Do With the Ombudsman



Yesterday Armen Haroutyunyan received a letter from Raffi Hovannisian, leader of
the party «Heritage» about the problems with the office of the party. The
application was titled «Information about crime». This allowed Armen
Haroutyunyan to announce that the Ombudsman does not engage in the investigation
of «crimes» and they have decided to send the letter to the corresponding
structures which will take up the case of the «crime».

According to the law, the Ombudsman has the right to resend his letters with the
agreement of the sender. Armen Haroutyunyan informed that Raffi Haroutyunyan is
not against.