MUNICIPALITY FOR CITIZENS, BUT NOT CITIZENS FOR MUNICIPALITY: POLISH
ANTI-CORRUPTIONER

YEREVAN, JULY 8. ARMINFO. “Municipality for citizens, but not citizens
for municipality” should become a main motto for fight against
corruption in the sphere of local self-governmental bodies,
representative of a Polish public organization Adam Kvitkovskiy stated
during the “Experience of Poland in fight against corruption” two-day
seminar completed its work today at “Yerevan” hotel.

In his words, a law on country’s capital was adopted in Poland three
years ago, according to which Warsaw was given a status of separate
region and divided into 18 communities. “Corruption risk is reduced
automatically if citizens address to one instance but not “run through
the whole town from one official to another”, Kvitkovskiy thinks.

He also informed that workers of the mentioned departments are
professional specialists and are chosen by numerous criteria. He also
informed that Warsaw, along with other Polish towns takes part in
“Transparent Poland” Program provided 6 principles to be guaranteed
from corruption of local self-governmental bodies: transparency,
intolerance to corruption, attraction of large groups of society to
its activity, predictability, professionalism and responsibility,
Kvitkovskiy stated.

The seminar was organized within the framework of “No corruption, its
control by local self-governmental bodies” Program at the assistance
of the British embassy in both Armenia and Poland, as well as of the
Armenian representatives of “Transparency International” Organization.