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    A1plus

    | 19:29:09 | 08-07-2005 | Social |

    CORRUPTION IS EVERYWHERE

    «The local governing bodies of Armenia are very weak, that's why everything
    here is corrupted, starting from the elections», Amalya Kostanyan, head of
    the Armenian branch of the non-governmental organization «Transparency
    International».

    On July 7-9 in the hotel Yerevan within the framework of the program «NO to
    Corruption: Political Control of the Local Self-Governing Bodies» a seminar
    has been organized titled «The Polish Experience in the Combat against
    Corruption». During the seminar issues like the local self-governing system
    in Poland and the perception of corruption in Poland and in Armenia have
    been discussed.

    According to Amalya Kostanyan, combat against corruption does not mean to
    try people but to improve the governing system, to secure transparency and,
    which is most important, the responsibility of official before people.

    Why should we combat corruption? Amalya Kostanyan thinks. «Not because
    everyone knows it is a bad thing, but because we feel its disastrous effect.
    It makes the both the social, and the economic, and the political, and the
    moral situation worse and worse, as people have no hope, no belief, and they
    come to think that everything can be bought and sold in this country».

    Why Poland? According to Amalya Kostanyan, they could bring the example of
    New Zealand or Finland which are almost completely «deprived» of corruption,
    but «Do you think our history and culture is closer to New Zealand o Poland?
    ».

    By the way, as Amalya Kostanyan informs, the seminar is the initiative of
    Poland. «The Polish non-governmental organization applied to us to organize
    the event. The second part of it will take place in Poland where 10
    representatives of Armenia will discuss the same issue with the Polish
    experts», she mentioned.
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