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There is political will to eradicate corruption in Armenia, says PM

armenpress.am12/9th/2019, 8:00

There is political will to eradicate corruption in Armenia, says PM

There is no systematic corruption in Armenia, but this doesn’t mean that there are no corruption phenomena in the country, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said in his remarks at a conference organized by Transparency International on the International Anti-Corruption Day in Yerevan.

Pashinyan reminded that few days after his election as PM he announced that there is no more systematic corruption in Armenia. He once again reaffirmed his statement at this conference.

“Systematic corruption is when the profit existing in corruption circles reaches the top to a certain amount. I am proud to state that there is no systematic corruption in Armenia, but this doesn’t mean that there are no corruption phenomena in the country. I want to clearly state that there is a political will to eradicate corruption and I want to share some concerns and facts with you. Recently during the session of the board of our party we touched upon the topic of corruption for several times and recorded that even the members of the closest team will not have any pardon if they are involved in corruption. Be sure that I am genetically incompatible person with corruption”, the Armenian PM said.

The next recording, according to the PM, is that the fight against corruption should not be viewed as a pro...

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