REASONS OF CORRUPTION
Lragir.am
09/12/09
Transparency International anti-corruption centre issued a statement
in connection with UN International Day for the fight against
corruption. The statement in particular runs that Armenia remains
within the 180 most corrupt countries of the world. Since 2003,
entrepreneurs and experts assess Armenia as a country which does not
record progress in combating corruption. Transparency international
issued other indexes in June, in accordance with which the 43 percent
of the Armenian citizens, participated in the survey, gave bribes and
the 48 percent assessed as ineffective the governmental initiatives
to struggle against corruption although some measure taken.
In particular, the RA authorities adopted a series of legislative
and statutory amendments against corruption, the Control Chamber
disclosed financial abuse in state bodies, officials are called to
responsibility for acts of corruption, the public is informed about
the negative impact and so on.
So why is however Armenia among the countries with high corruption
risks?
The reasons are clear. Total corruption cannot be overcome without
recourse to justice those who stand at the head of the pyramid, without
disclosure of the actual state of high officials and their families,
without struggle with the fusion of public and economic interests,
without the involvement of the oligarchs in the tax field, the fight
against the artificial monopolies, without justice and universal
equality before the law, without promotion of fair elections and
healthy political competition, without guarantees of freedom of speech
and press, fundamental rights and freedoms.
And yet in our country the main problems are ignored by both the
government and their sponsors, and our society tolerates injustice,
lawlessness and immorality, corruption in Armenia will continue its
destructive invasion, exacerbated by economic and social crisis,
the statement says.