Political corruption not surprising for Armenian citizens
-Transparency International
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October 27, 2012 | 23:48
YEREVAN. – The Armenian citizens are not surprised with the fact that
politicians are blamed for bribery, expert at the Transparency
International (TI) Varuzhan Oktanyan wrote in his article posted on
the TI blog.
`Usually those blames do not have a huge effect and in some cases they
simply switch the post and in very rare cases they do carry a
responsibility,’ he wrote bringing an example of the ex-Minister of
Nature Protection and incumbent MP Vardan Aivazyan who was blamed for
taking a bribe and called guilty by the U.S. court.
According to the citizens’ estimations, Armenia’s police and court are
among the most corrupted institutions.
Besides, the TI Armenia asked the Armenian Committee on ethics to
consider the case of the MP. However, the application was rejected
claiming Aivazyan made the alleged crime before becoming MP, while the
norms of the committee were established in May 2012.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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