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On December 16, the joint sitting of the NA Standing Committees on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs and on Territorial Administration, Local Self-Government, Agriculture and Environment Protection moderated by Gevorg Papoyan and Vahe Ghalumyan was held. The current conclusion of the audit results of the RA State Budget Execution of for 2021 six months of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of Audit Chamber was debated.

The key rapporteur, the Head of the Fifth Department of the RA Audit Chamber Zhora Margaryan noted that audit complying with the documentary and financial report was carried out in the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure. It has included 12 programmes, the factual expenditure is 23bln AMD, the cash – 18.9bln AMD. The key rapporteur underlined that in the framework of the audited 8 programmes out of 12, according to the budget execution index, the specified indices of the first half were not done, or were done incompletely. According to Zhora Margaryan, discrepancies were recorded in the programmes, and most of them in the Road Preservation and Service programme.

The key rapporteur, the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure Vache Terteryan touched upon the presented discrepancies presented in the programme, underlined that road construction works were done in accordance with competitive purchase procedure of Yerevan Municipality and Gyumri roads.

Vache Terteryan has noted that on the absence of the laboratory control results recorded by the Audit Chamber that the Ministry has no opportunity of carrying out laboratory control of traffic lights and light reflecting paints, as well as it is not the function of the Ministry. According to the Deputy Minister, the deviations from the planned indices not right planning result were possible.

The Chair of the NA Standing Committee on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Gevorg Papoyan noted that the Audit Chamber became a helping body, and voicing of discrepancies would promote to improve the activity of the departments.

The Executive Director of the Fund Road Department Stepan Machyan has clarified that the recorded discrepancies relate to Vanadzor-Alaverdi-Georgia state road. After signing the main contract necessity of doing additional works emerged, which resulted in the increase of the budget indices.

As the deputy of the NA Armenia Faction Artur Khachatryan has assessed, wrong planning has been carried out. He has noted that there are episodes in the audit, which will not remain without consequence.

Summing up the joint sitting, the Chair of the NA Standing Committees on Financial-Credit and Budgetary Affairs Garegin Papoyan thanked the Audit Chamber for the voluminous work, noting that the problem of the structure is voicing the discrepancies, and the goal of the debate is to understand them and to find versions for solution.