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FIGHT "RATS"
According to the press, the National Security Service has allocated
6 or 7 million AMD to fight rats. There is nothing surprising if we
remember the expression "KGB cellar". "Cellars" are an inseparable
part of activities of law enforcers and special services where rats
usually live.
In Armenia, corruption revelations have become frequent recently. A
real anti-corruption parade was launched with the prime minister's
offshore story and the Control Chamber revelations. Now, the law
enforcers - the police, the NSS, the prosecutor general's office are
silent but everyone appeals to punish those guilty.
It seems that Armenia launched an anti-corruption fight. Once Serzh
Sargsyan called to seize the big fish, then the ruling party dwelt
on misappropriation of public funds. However, so far no big fish has
been found in the "cellars" of law enforcers.
The situation is ambiguous. Serzh Sargsyan is not in Armenia now, and
it is evident that he did not tell the law enforcers and the others
what this parade means and what they should do. This situation has
a both internal and external potential.
In the external aspect, Armenia's Western partners seem to have made an
anti-corruption ultimatum. A lot of activities, such as the Association
Agreement, the donor conference and Millennium Challenge depend on an
effective and visible anti-corruption fight. A lot of foreign officials
stated this so it is necessary to show them that the fight has started.
In the internal aspect, the situation is more than ambiguous. The
ruling party was active regarding the revelations, and a "fight"
between different groups of the party could be seen. Many noted that
the ruling party which is a monopolist of public administration was
the loudest about misappropriations. Many others noted that the ruling
party was misappropriating also the role of the opposition. It is true
that the statements of the Republicans shadow even the statements of
the opposition and the alternative opposition.
Here is the logic of domestic developments. The government is
brining domestic scramble to competition within government. Separate
Republican groups will be given the "freedom" to act until the
principles and mechanisms of forming government in 2017-2018 are
worked out. Serzh Sargsyan is a leaving president and he does not
care for home and foreign issues. His activities in the next few
years will be directed at new inter-governmental configurations with
new rules and agreements. This concept underlies the ruling party,
and new forces will be formed on the basis of its separate parts. The
other political forces will become their "attaches" and will no longer
be political parties.
So, Serzh Sargsyan is concentrating political scramble and kickbacks,
the financial component of political scramble to enable the new
configuration.
As to the law enforcement agencies, they will have to entrap the
"rats", those who will be out of this concept. Aghvan Hovsepyan
and Gorik Hakobyan are retiring soon but it will not be an obstacle
to implementation of these plans, especially considering that law
enforcers may appear in the place of "rats" too.
Haik Aramyan 11:48 21/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30239
From: A. Papazian
According to the press, the National Security Service has allocated
6 or 7 million AMD to fight rats. There is nothing surprising if we
remember the expression "KGB cellar". "Cellars" are an inseparable
part of activities of law enforcers and special services where rats
usually live.
In Armenia, corruption revelations have become frequent recently. A
real anti-corruption parade was launched with the prime minister's
offshore story and the Control Chamber revelations. Now, the law
enforcers - the police, the NSS, the prosecutor general's office are
silent but everyone appeals to punish those guilty.
It seems that Armenia launched an anti-corruption fight. Once Serzh
Sargsyan called to seize the big fish, then the ruling party dwelt
on misappropriation of public funds. However, so far no big fish has
been found in the "cellars" of law enforcers.
The situation is ambiguous. Serzh Sargsyan is not in Armenia now, and
it is evident that he did not tell the law enforcers and the others
what this parade means and what they should do. This situation has
a both internal and external potential.
In the external aspect, Armenia's Western partners seem to have made an
anti-corruption ultimatum. A lot of activities, such as the Association
Agreement, the donor conference and Millennium Challenge depend on an
effective and visible anti-corruption fight. A lot of foreign officials
stated this so it is necessary to show them that the fight has started.
In the internal aspect, the situation is more than ambiguous. The
ruling party was active regarding the revelations, and a "fight"
between different groups of the party could be seen. Many noted that
the ruling party which is a monopolist of public administration was
the loudest about misappropriations. Many others noted that the ruling
party was misappropriating also the role of the opposition. It is true
that the statements of the Republicans shadow even the statements of
the opposition and the alternative opposition.
Here is the logic of domestic developments. The government is
brining domestic scramble to competition within government. Separate
Republican groups will be given the "freedom" to act until the
principles and mechanisms of forming government in 2017-2018 are
worked out. Serzh Sargsyan is a leaving president and he does not
care for home and foreign issues. His activities in the next few
years will be directed at new inter-governmental configurations with
new rules and agreements. This concept underlies the ruling party,
and new forces will be formed on the basis of its separate parts. The
other political forces will become their "attaches" and will no longer
be political parties.
So, Serzh Sargsyan is concentrating political scramble and kickbacks,
the financial component of political scramble to enable the new
configuration.
As to the law enforcement agencies, they will have to entrap the
"rats", those who will be out of this concept. Aghvan Hovsepyan
and Gorik Hakobyan are retiring soon but it will not be an obstacle
to implementation of these plans, especially considering that law
enforcers may appear in the place of "rats" too.
Haik Aramyan 11:48 21/06/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index/eng/0/comments/view/30239
From: A. Papazian