ArmInfo. Sisak Gabrielyan, a member of the National Assembly of Armenia, is proposing to regulate legal relations related to the sale of real estate that belonged to non-profit organizations during the ASSR period.
This proposal aims to address situations, where the ownership rights of a non-profit organization created in the Republic of Armenia were registered after the republic gained independence. The initiative was presented during the first reading on September 9 at a session of parliament.
As Gabrielyan pointed out, according to data from the Cadastre Committee, since the 1990s, over 27,000 units of real estate (buildings and structures) have been privatized in Armenia by legal entities and public organizations. This may be due to gaps in legislation, or the use of corrupt schemes. The total market value of these properties exceeds 1.5 billion drams. Then they were sold to third parties, replaced by new buildings and structures, or left unused and abandoned. For instance, the deputy mentioned a recent media report revealing that the Spartak sports complex (owned by the organization of the same name), in the center of the capital, along with the adjacent buildings, was sold for 5 billion drams.
Meanwhile, according to the law, this property was state property, Gabrielyan emphasized. The MP also pointed out a very provision from a legal standpoint, in the Land Code of the Republic of Armenia, adopted in 2003. According to this provision, all property transferred to organizations for free use and possession by that time automatically became their property. However, this property should be considered the property of the state and the citizens of the Republic of Armenia. In this regard, he proposes regulating the legal relations related to the alienation of such property in a specific manner. Firstly, to make information about possible alienation more accessible to citizens, and to oblige owners to hold public hearings. , Sisak Gabrielyan said. Additionally, a procedure for giving consent to the sale of property will be established - a transaction can only be concluded with the consent of 2/3 of the members of the supreme governing body of a legal entity. The government will determine the list of properties that fall under this category.
