Nominee for New Armenian Parliamentary Committee - Legislation Can't Halt Election Bribery

When asked to comment on the common perception in Armenia that bribery in the electoral system is endemic, Hrach Tovmasyan, nominated by the ruling Republican Party of Armenia to head the newly formed State-Legal and Human Rights Protection Standing Committee of the Armenian parliament, said that to have clean elections the public’s political and legal quality levels must be raised.

Tovmasyan, a former chief head-secretary for the parliament’s staff, said that one can p...