FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION FROM ITS HIGHEST LEVEL

Panorama.am
18:17 15/12/2008

"Corruption is not only typical for Armenia. It exists in all
countries. It is possible to fight corruption only due to the
comprehensive cooperation of NGO-s, mass media and governmental
institutions," said the Ambassador of the USA Marie Yovanovich in a
conference assessing the results of two-year program on role of NGO-s,
mass media and governmental institutions in a fight against corruption.

The President of Civil Service Council of Armenia Manvel Badalyan
was present at the conference and he agreed with the Ambassador that
corruption in Armenia needs to be met as soon as possible. He said
that corruption might be in all the social levels and not necessarily
only in the highest one. He recommended to start the fight from the
lowest level.

Amalya Kostanyan, the President of "Transparency International"
anti-corruption center did not agree with the statement of the
President of Civil Service Council and said that corruption should
be fought in its highest levels.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress