Armenian government embarks on crackdown on corruption
19.02.2015,
19:15
Armenia's government decided Thursday to establish a council for combating corruption in the country, which will be headed by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.
YEREVAN, February 19. /ARKA/. Armenia's government decided Thursday to establish a council for combating corruption in the country, which will be headed by Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan.
Justice Minister Hovhannes Manukyan, presenting the draft decision to other Cabinet ministers, said that establishment of an agency was implied in the concept of struggling against corruption adopted by the Armenian government yet in 2011.
He said the council will be made up of he himself, the finance minister, the prosecutor general and other high-ranking officials.
In his words, representatives of the opposition, communities and civil society and the chairman of the Public Council will be included in the council as well.
Independent, as he said, expert and monitoring commissions will be set up along with the council.
The council will be considered as main agency for the government’s crackdown on corruption.
It will discuss and adopt an anticorruption strategy and a program, coordinate and control their implementation and submission of appropriate proposals to appropriate agencies. ---0------
