"SERGE SARGSYAN IS A CORRUPT OFFICIAL"
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[07:32 pm] 06 November, 2006
Defense Minister Serge Sargsyan uses his administrative and personal
means in order to reach his aims. According to Amalya Kostanyan,
Armenian representative of "Transparency International", this
is political corruption, as according to the definition of the
organization, "abuse of the state rank with the aim of personal
benefit is corruption".
According to the representative of "Transparency International",
the pre-election campaign which has already started non-officially is
also political corruption. The data of "Transparency International"
claim that the most corrupt field is that of political parties.
The political control over Mass Media, fabrications during the
elections, and voting of people who are not registered in the electoral
area is also corruption, Amalya Kostanyan announced in the National
Press Club.
According to the report of "Transparency International", the
Corruption Perceptions Index is 2.9 but our country is among those
where corruption is widespread, despite the fact that Armenia has
been realizing an anti-corruption strategic program for the last
three years. "The investigations carried out in Armenia once in every
three years since 1999 show that level corruption is rising", Amalya
Kostanyan said.
Nevertheless, the index of Armenia is lower than that of Georgia
(2.8), Azerbaijan (2.4) and Turkey (2.8).