Pan-Armenian Environmental Front
The Pan-Armenian Environmental Front (PEF) has sent a written enquiry to Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan, where they demanded to post some information on the official website of the ministry or to provide this information to them. Particularly the volumes of mined ore, metals and accompanying components for 2002-2014, as well as the results of the inspections carried out in the companies in charge of mine development.
Nevertheless, the Ministry, without any grounds, rejected to post this information on the website or to provide the information. The official letter says that according to different articles of RA Code on Subsoil such information is regarded as geological information and can’t be disclosed without the soil manager’s consent, which has no comparison with the legislation and violated the right to receive environment-related information.
We think that the ministry has grossly violated public right to receive information and have applied to the Ombudsman’s office in this regard. A question arises: why Energy and Natural Resources Minister Yervand Zakharyan closed the data on soil and what he has to hide from public.
March 04, 2015 at 10:47