CORRUPTION FLOURISHING IN REPUBLIC
A1Plus
22-09-2004
On Wednesday, presidential adviser Bagrat Yesayan, speaking in
Yerevanâ=80=99s Congress Hotel at a seminar focused on anticorruption
program, said positive changes is being implemented slowly.
In his words, the government’s anticorruption program that promptedso
much criticism from the opposition led to improvement of court and tax
systems.
Yesayan said organizations will participate in the program
implementation.
Armenian Democratic Union’s member Anahit Aghayan was not so
optimistic about the program. Contrary to Yesayan’s opinion she said
she thought theprogram would produce little effect unless the
community and the opposition participate in it.
She said by-election recently held in 44th constituency showed the
corruption is flourishing in the republic. In her opinion, all
anticorruption programs must become the law. Otherwise not a single
corrupted person will be punished, Aghayan said.