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    THERE IS POLITICAL CORRUPTION IN ARMENIA

    Lragir, Armenia
    Nov 6 2006

    Amalia Kostanyan, director of the regional development center of
    Transparency International stated November 6 in Yerevan that by the
    level of corruption Armenia is the 93rd among 169 countries, and in
    2006 the high level of corruption in Armenia did not change, and the
    situation has not improved over the past three years, reports ARKA
    News Agency. In the meantime, an anti-corruption strategy has been
    implemented in Armenia for three years now, and the UN resolution on
    battling corruption has been ratified.

    Amalia Kostanyan said her statement is based on the results of the
    survey conducted by their organizaiton. Transparency International
    classifies the countries by a ten-grade scale, and the countries
    which are close to Grade 10 have the lowest level of corruption.

    Armenia is lower than Grade 3 together with Argentina, Syria, Bosnia
    and Hertzegovina. Unlike Armenia, Transparency International has
    reported progress in Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia. Georgia moved
    from Grade 2 to 2.8, Azerbaijan from 1.9 to 2.4, Turkey from 3.2 to
    3.8. Another painful reality for Armenia, which became known as a
    result of Transparency International, is that political corruption
    is constantly growing in Armenia. According to Amalia Kostanyan, the
    director of the regional development center of this international
    organization, in 2005 corruption directed at "seizing power" was
    reported in Armenia. This sinister situation is reflected in the
    results of the survey of Freedom House. "The results of the survey
    of this organization show that the political and democratic rights
    and freedoms of the citizens are not protected in this country."

    According to the survey of Freedom House, the principles of tolerance
    and democratic rights and freedoms are not observed in Armenia unlike
    Butan, Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Vietnam.

    Amalia Kostanyan says such a situation proceeding elections must
    be worrying. "Today everyone in the world who develop corruption,
    assist the political elite in accumulating and laundering of the
    wealth obtained illegally," stated Amalia Kostanyan.
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