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ARMENIA IMPROVES ITS POSITION IN CORRUPTION PERCEPTION INDEX
Mediamax
Dec 5 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenia improved its position in the Transparency
International Corruption Perception Annual Index.
Armenia was the 105th against 129th position last year, Mediamax
reports.
Mediamax notes that the joint Document of the European Commission
and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on
implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy in Armenia in 2011
issued in May 2011 read that corruption remained a serious problem
in Armenia.
"Transparency International ranks Armenia in 129th place out of 183
(score 2.6 out of 10) in its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011.
The authorities have regularly and publicly expressed their readiness
to fight corruption. However, despite the adoption of certain important
legal acts (e.g. the law on Procurement, and law on Public Service),
fulfilment of obligations from the Council of Europe Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO), OECD and other international bodies, as
well as the increased number of arrests and indictments of corrupt
officials, there have been no positive changes in the perception
of corruption by different segments of the Armenian population
and the government's measures have not been sufficient to change
it. What is lacking is effective implementation. The anti-corruption
coordinating mechanism created in 2004 is weak. No institutional
support or resources have been allocated to anti-corruption work
by the government. In May, the National Assembly adopted the law
on Public Service. Starting from 2012, declarations on income and
property will be submitted only by high-ranking public officials, as
well as persons related to them. This law has several shortcomings
regarding the capacity and powers of the Commission on Ethics of
High-Ranking Public Officials", the document read.
Mediamax
Dec 5 2012
Armenia
Yerevan/Mediamax/. Armenia improved its position in the Transparency
International Corruption Perception Annual Index.
Armenia was the 105th against 129th position last year, Mediamax
reports.
Mediamax notes that the joint Document of the European Commission
and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy on
implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy in Armenia in 2011
issued in May 2011 read that corruption remained a serious problem
in Armenia.
"Transparency International ranks Armenia in 129th place out of 183
(score 2.6 out of 10) in its Corruption Perceptions Index for 2011.
The authorities have regularly and publicly expressed their readiness
to fight corruption. However, despite the adoption of certain important
legal acts (e.g. the law on Procurement, and law on Public Service),
fulfilment of obligations from the Council of Europe Group of States
against Corruption (GRECO), OECD and other international bodies, as
well as the increased number of arrests and indictments of corrupt
officials, there have been no positive changes in the perception
of corruption by different segments of the Armenian population
and the government's measures have not been sufficient to change
it. What is lacking is effective implementation. The anti-corruption
coordinating mechanism created in 2004 is weak. No institutional
support or resources have been allocated to anti-corruption work
by the government. In May, the National Assembly adopted the law
on Public Service. Starting from 2012, declarations on income and
property will be submitted only by high-ranking public officials, as
well as persons related to them. This law has several shortcomings
regarding the capacity and powers of the Commission on Ethics of
High-Ranking Public Officials", the document read.