Freedom of Information Center of Armenia.

The president of the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia Mr. Movses Shahverdyan refused to compensate 4000 drams paid as a state duty, stating that he has no money.

Let us remind that the FOICA sent an information request to the president of Labor Socialist Party of Armenia Movses Shahverdyan on April 21, 2009 asking to provide:

1. The copy of financial report 2008, which should cover information defined by the RA “Law on parties” article 28, part 3,
2. Information about those charitable sources which donation valued more than the centuple of minimal salary, defined by the law.

The request wasn’t answered. On July 9, 2009 FOICA applied to the RA Center and Norq Marash districts Court of   general jurisdiction claiming to oblige the party to provide information. Preliminary court session, however, isn’t assigned as the court couldn’t inform properly the party about the appointment of the court session – the party’s address was changed while the new one was unidentified.

During the court hearing dated on Januray 19, 2010, the Court finally managed to find out the party’s address, but the respondent didn’t appear to the court hearing. Thus, the Court decided to hear the case in absence of the respondent.
 

On March 18, 2010, the Center and Norq Marash districts Court of general jurisdiction, presided by Judge Edik Avetisyan, fully satisfied the FOI Center’s claim against the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia. The court obliged the Labor Socialist Party of Armenia to provide the requested information, i.e. the copy of financial report 2008 and information about those charitable sources which donation valued more than the centuple of minimal salary, defined by the law within 5 days.