Pashinyan advised Mane Tandilyan to herself answer the question about ministerial salaries "in envelopes"

ArmInfo. The Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, once again expressed his dissatisfaction with the activities of law enforcement agencies on  revealing corruption crimes.

On March 4, during a meeting in parliament, MP from the Bright  Armenia faction Mane Tandilyan noted that there have been many  publications that cases of transfer of wages ‘in envelope’ are  recorded in the state system, recalling that a similar statement was  made last year by Pashinyan himself, referring to officials who  worked under the previous authorities. Given the fact that in the  state system, the payment of salaries “in an envelope” is a  manifestation of systemic corruption, Tandilyan asked the prime  minister to answer the question whether such cases have been revealed  by law enforcement authorities in the last two years, and if not,  does the prime minister intend to instruct the NSS to interrogate the  former officials.  , she said.

Meanwhile, Pashinyan noted that, taking office as prime minister, he  made so many statements that law enforcement officers did not have  time to follow their trace. In this regard, he recalled that he had  repeatedly voiced his dissatisfaction with the activities of law  enforcement agencies in the framework of the anti-corruption policy  of the Government. He also emphasized that he has no habit and desire  to interrogate ministers, and when law enforcement agencies can  finally deal with all his voiced statements, this will be evidence of  serious systemic successes. At the same time, he noted that even in  countries with a very developed law enforcement system, the  disclosure of corruption crimes is not an easy task.

Speaking about salaries , Pashinyan said that this  phenomenon was stopped even before he made a statement voiced by  Tandilyan. “But if you have the relevant information, I ask you to  inform about it,” he said, reminding Tandilyan that she also held a  ministerial post, and therefore she can also answer the question of  whether ministers receive salaries or not.