WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION RISKS AT ARMENIA’S MEDICAL AND SOCIAL EXPERTISE COMMISSIONS – PREMIER
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December 06, 2012 | 15:17
YEREVAN. – Inspections and in-depth studies were conducted at Armenia’s
medical and social expertise commissions, Labor and Social Affairs
Minister Artem Asatryan stated during Thursday’s Cabinet session.
As a result, the Medical and Social Expertise Agency Director and six
expertise commission chiefs are dismissed. Also, several employees
working in this sector were relieved of their duties in line with
their respective letters of resignation.
To note, these commissions determine the disability categories of
the citizens of Armenia.
Also, Asatryan submitted for the Government’s approval four draft
decisions that aim to regulate the activities of these commissions.
“Studies show that the corruption risks are widespread in this system,”
PM Tigran Sargsyan noted, in his turn.
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