03/03/2015 17:00
Atovmyan: It is no use creating anti-corruption councils in Armenia
“It is no use creating ant-corruption institutions in Armenia. Experience shows that they do not work,” Marat Atovmyan - the head of Anti-Corruption Center in Yerevan, member of the board of Young Lawyers’ Association, told reporters today.
The head of Transparency International’s Armenian Office Varuzhan Oktanyan said for his part that the newly-established Anti-Corruption Council will consist of an expert commission and a monitoring group. “An institutional basis is needed for combating corruption,” he noted.
According to Tevan Poghosyan, a deputy of Heritage faction of the Armenian parliament, such councils have been set up in Armenia since 2003. “It is important to understand what issues that council will deal with,” he stressed.