MANVEL BADALYAN IS UNDER MORAL PRESSURE

Lragir.am
21 June 06

The Council of Civil Service cannot face all the 42 government agencies
alone, stated Manvel Badalyan, Chair of the Council, June 21 at the
National Press Club. And in order not to face the government agencies
alone, Manvel Badalyan anticipates the practical assistance of the mass
media to reveal the drawbacks in the system of civil service. Manvel
Badalyan admits there are drawbacks, and they are inevitable because
it is a new system in Armenia. The system of civil service is four
years old. Within these four years, says Manvel Badalyan, 8 amendments
were made to the civil service legislation.

"These are made and will be made in the future as well to eliminate
the loopholes that emerge often. Our people are very gifted," says
Manvel Badalyan. According to him, it is difficult to predict what
a person may do. Manvel Badalyan confesses that in appointing civil
servants subjectivity of ministers and heads of agencies is a problem
in all the ministries and government agencies in Armenia. However,
the chair of the Council of Civil Service says they try their best to
hold fair examinations for the minister and heads of other agencies
to see and give up nepotism because at any rate they have to pass an
exam to get the post. Manvel Badalyan says the situation has changed,
and the ministers realize that nepotism does not work any more. "You
always ask is there pressure? There is no pressure. Where must pressure
come from? If the political government of the Republic is the champion
of this system and made a political decision to introduce this system,
who should make pressure?" says Manvel Badalyan. According to him,
pressure is only moral, it comes from neighbors and acquaintances. They
expect to get some post without thinking that Badalyan is faithful to
justice and law only. Manvel Badalyan says he likes his work and does
not imagine someone who would like it more. The chair of the Council
of Civil Service does not even hide the reason for his devotion. He
says he feels good when he cracks down on fraud in appointing civil
servants and clears the way for the worthy.