Over 400 complaints filed with Armenian ombudsman in two months

Arminfo
14 Mar 05

YEREVAN

Armenian ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan received over 400 complaints in
two months of this year, among them 239 in writing, the press service
of the Armenian ombudsman’s office has told Arminfo.

Over this period, 110 complaints were received from the rural part of
the country, including 94 in writing. A total of 78 complaints were
accepted and 59 rejected, while in 15 cases applicants were consulted
on ways and methods of protecting human rights. Twelve complaints were
forwarded for consideration to relevant agencies with the consent of
the complainants.

[Passage omitted: minor details]

Most of the complaints concerned the work of local governments and
courts – 31 and 30 complaints respectively. A significant number of
complaints had to do with the work of the ministry of labour and
social security and the police, as 26 complaints concerned either of
these areas. Eighteen complaints concerned the prosecutor’s office, 13
the state committee for the registration of immovable property, 11 the
Ministry of Education, 10 the defence and justice ministries.

Only one person complained about the government.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress