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“You know, it was not necessarily that the USAID should have provided 750 thousand USD grant the Government, so that the latter would fight against corruption. The Government is perfectly aware of the developments in the system. And if it would even have a smallest desire it could reduce the level of corruption, which in Armenia has already become a system evil.”

In the opinion of the human rights activist if there was a wish to fight against the corruption in this case there would be fewer representatives of the Government in the Council.

In his opinion some of the Council members are if not the key, but just the constituent part of the current system where there is corruption, and thus they cannot actually fight against the corruption.

“There was a fun event. This is right. Hovik Abrahamyan fights against the corruption with Gagik Khachatryan… So the issue is not resolved, I have nothing else to say,” Levon Barseghyan said in the interview with Irvaban.net.

Referring to the point that the NGOs did not participate in the Council, Bagrat Yesayan mentioned that the Anti-Corruption fight consists of three components: political will, public involvement and monitoring of legislation.

If the actual mechanisms are not provided for the fight against corruption, it makes no sense to join the Government created Anti-Corruption Council.

“The statement of our Alliance is still working. The government has not undertaken anything and is continuing its line.”

“Maybe they should answer this question and tell what the sense of summoning the session is. Maybe they are trying to make the Council established in this way?”

As for the question that according to the agenda two NGO representatives will speak at the session, and this is an imitation to show that the NGOs participate in the council as well, Avetik Ishkhanyan said that from the 5000 NGOs that currently operate in Armenia only a few function independently and it is always possible to find organizations that will agree to participate.

“We said this from the very beginning. And the fact that the order is violated and they continue operation in the absence of the opposition parties and CSOs, once and again proves that the council has an artificial nature,” Mr. Sakunts said.