Armenia Minister of Justice: Mr. Acemoglu’s ideas are fully consistent with our policy

YEREVAN. – I believe that [renowned Armenian economist] Mr. [Daron] Acemoglu’s ideas and his vision for institution-building are fully in line with our policy. Armenia’s Justice Minister Rustam Badasyan told this to reporters today ahead of a public debate entitled, “An Anticorruption Committee is being created in Armenia: the problems of formation of the structure.”

“There was also talk about an anticorruption court, about deep reforms in the judiciary, both with constitutional amendments and other measures envisaged by the judicial strategy,” he added. “And again you see the latest reactions from all the international structures that are referring to our reform agenda – judicial, anticorruption, penitentiary, and so on. So we’re completely on the same line.”

To a journalist’s observation that the opposition says that what they are saying and doing do not correspond, the Minister noted: “That’s why I cited the assessment of international organizations; you can see how the latter reacts to the anticorruption and judicial strategies.”