Infocom: Some Expenses of Officials Who Donated to Civil Contract Are Not Substantiated by Their Declarations
An investigation by “Infocom” has revealed discrepancies between the income, monetary assets, and expenses of a number of officials who made donations to the Civil Contract party in 2025. In some cases, the income reported in their declarations is insufficient to substantiate their expenses, while several officials have provided explanations regarding undeclared income.
According to “Infocom,” in 2025, 508 officials and their family members made donations to Civil Contract. The media outlet examined the declarations of officials who donated more than 100,000 drams, comparing their monetary assets at the beginning and end of the year with the income they received and expenses they incurred during the year.
Zaven Manukyan, head of the Akhuryan community, had 4.7 million drams in a bank account and 199,000 drams in cash at the beginning of the year. During the year, he received approximately 11 million drams in income from his salary, rental income, and agricultural activities. However, the funds available to him for spending during the year amounted to 9,593,401 drams, while the total expenses reflected in his declaration reached 13,137,691 drams.
Manukyan purchased a car for 7 million drams, spent 2.5 million drams on agricultural work, allocated nearly 3 million drams to loan repayments, and donated 720,000 drams to Civil Contract. As a result, the sources of more than 3.5 million drams in expenses are not substantiated by his declaration.
“Infocom” also examined the declaration of Manukyan’s wife, Anna Manukyan. According to the publication, based on her monetary assets and income, the amount available for expenses during the year was 1,856,810 drams. The family has three minor children. The media outlet sent questions to the head of the community, but Suren Abrahamyan, head of the staff of the Akhuryan Municipality, stated that Manukyan had reviewed the calculations but did not understand how the discrepancy had arisen.
Mushegh Nersisyan, a member of the Yeghegnadzor Community Council, also incurred expenses that were not substantiated by his declarations. At the beginning of the year, his cash holdings amounted to 2.1 million drams, while at the end of the year they stood at 1.5 million drams. During the year, he received a salary of 1,685,000 drams from “Electric Networks of Armenia” CJSC and another 2 million drams from the sale of a car, which, however, he did not report as income in his declaration.
According to calculations carried out using the same methodology, Nersisyan had 5,285,251 drams available for annual expenses. Meanwhile, he allocated 5.5 million drams to loan repayments, purchased a car for 4 million drams, and donated 220,000 drams to Civil Contract. Thus, according to the media outlet’s calculations, the sources of more than 4,434,000 drams in expenses are not reflected in the declaration.
Following the inquiry, Nersisyan stated that he had not paid 4 million drams for a car in the previous year and would pay that amount in the current year. Even taking this explanation into account, according to “Infocom,” the source of more than 434,000 drams in expenses remains unsubstantiated.
Questions have also arisen regarding the declaration of Nersisyan’s wife, Ashkhen Hayrapetyan. Her cash holdings increased from 60,000 drams to 200,000 drams during the year, while the outstanding loan balance decreased from 620,000 drams in 2024 to 350,000 drams at the end of 2025. According to the publication, neither the increase in monetary assets nor the repayment of 270,000 drams of the loan is substantiated in the declaration. Nersisyan had promised to respond to the questions in writing, but the media outlet received no answers.
Discrepancies were also recorded in the declaration of Artavazd Ghukasyan, deputy head of the Amasia community. At the beginning of 2025, he had 1,276,000 drams in cash and received 4,705,593 drams in income during the year. However, by the end of the year, his cash holdings had reached 6 million drams, without this increase being substantiated by his declared income.
Ghukasyan also spent 3 million drams on agricultural activities and donated 100,000 drams to Civil Contract. The declaration of his wife, Marine Ghukasyan, is blank. In a conversation with “Infocom,” the official explained that he had received 6–7 million drams in income from agricultural activities, which he had not declared, but promised to include it in his next declaration.
The media outlet notes that during its investigation, it also identified discrepancies in the declarations of other officials, which it did not address because, following their explanations, it became clear that these were mainly due to errors in completing the declarations.
The data published by “Infocom” raises questions regarding the declaration of income and substantiation of expenses by officials who made donations to Civil Contract. The discrepancies presented do not in themselves establish a violation, but the need to clarify their causes and verify the origins of undeclared income remains.