YEREVAN. - Departments to protect the rights of families, women and children at Yerevan city hall and Armenia’s regions violated legislative power, said MP from Heritage Party Anahit Bakhshyan. 

Bakhshyan said her conclusions are based on number of reports provided by Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

“For instance, according to the data provided by the Yerevan municipality and heads of regional administrations, the number of children enrolled in secondary state and specialized schools makes 381,699. The figure differs from the data provided by “General Education in Armenia 2009-2010”guidebook. This is a clear violation of the fundamental right of children to education,” she told journalists on Tuesday.

Bakhshyan also pointed out violation of the right to education for children with disabilities.

She also recalled the incident which occurred in Gyumri orphanage.

“Director of this orphanage - Ruzan Avagyan abused power causing a AMD 4 million damage to Armenia’s budget. She was arrested then released without paying compensation. Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs decided that Avagyan, an honorary director, should be forgiven,” MP said.

Representative of the ministry present at press conference dismissed Bakhshyan’s accusations concluding that damage “inflicted by honorary director Avagyan was insignificant”.