23/10/2014 11:50
168 Hours: There are 19 millionaires in Armenian parliament
‘168 Hours’ says that the Armenian parliament’s deputies have already submitted their declarations for 2013, according to which there are 19 millionaires among MPs of the National Assembly.
Out of 19 dollar millionaires, 9 are members of the ruling Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) faction, 9 are members of Prosperous Armenia (BHK) faction and there is one nonpartisan deputy- millionaire, Araik Grigoryan.
As of the end of 2013, all the deputies had (declared) a total of 49.1 billion drams, $80.7 million and 27.1 million euros, which amounted to $235.1 million.
According to the paper, BHK is the richest party, and its leader Gagik Tsarukyan who declared $134.2 million is the richest parliamentary deputy.