Panorama.am

18:25 06/12/2007

SURVEY REPORTS CONCERNING GROWTH IN POLITICAL CORRUPTION

”In all civilized countries, the citizens believe that the steps
taken by the authorities against corruption are insufficient,” Amalia
Kostanyan, leader of Transparency International told reporters today
speaking about the challenges of corruption.

In her words, public opinion polls conducted by them on the size of
corruption and its perception testify that the political corruption is
increasing in size and that the political parties and the parliament
are considered as most corrupt together with courts and the
police. Moreover, by world corruption barometer surveys in 60
countries show that political parties and the parliaments are
conceived as the most corruption in 2007.

Kostanyan says women are more pessimistic about increase or decline of
corruption which is against the opinion that women give fewer
bribes. Kostanyan said women simply are less related to such
transactions.

In the words of the head of Transparency International, the political
corruption is deepening in Armenia since the concerns expressed during
the recent elections were not properly reacted.

Source: Panorama.am