HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE COUNCIL OF ARMENIA: FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITHOUT COOPERATION WITH PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS IMPOSSIBLE

ArmInfo
2008-12-15 15:30:00

ArmInfo. Fighting corruption without cooperation with public
organizations is impossible, Manvel Badalyan, Chairman of the Armenian
Civil Service Council, said at the final conference helld under the
Anti-Corruption Conference ‘The Role of Government, Non-Governmental
Organizations and Media in the Fight against Corruption’ Monday.

He said the activity of government structures must be open, transparent
and accessible to public organizations and media. ‘I must say without
false modesty that the activity of the Civil Service is transparent. We
have never closed doors either against media or public organizations. A
present 5 public organizations are monitoring our activity and we
welcome this and call on public sector and media for new initiatives.

There is a stereotype in public that a journalist inquiring something
searches for something bad, whereas we ask for your inquiry to reveal
our lacks and omissions’, Badalyan said. He is confident in sooner
counteracting of all the corruption risks of government machine.