By the decision of the Government, Daniel Ioannisyan and Albert Stepanyan were appointed members of the Public Council.

Earlier, Babken Pipoyan  and  Karen Zadoyan had resigned, and Vazgen Manukyan, the chairman of the Public Council, resigned on 13 November.

Daniel Ioannisyan is also a member of the Anti-Corruption Policy Council as a representative of the “Union of Informed Citizens” NGO.

As we have already reported, the call announced for the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the Anti-Corruption Policy Council was organized with a number of violations.

According to Paragraph 3, Part 5 of the call announced for the non-governmental organizations involved in the Council and the rotation order approved by Prime Minister’s decision (submitting applications by NGOs for the purpose of getting involved in the council) non-governmental organizations present applications to the ministry within 10 days after the publication of the announcement. This order does not foresee any provisions on extending the deadline of the call, irrespective of any type of energy failures, and it doesn’t matter whether the competition is  delayed for “just” one or ten days. However, the Ministry of Justice issued a statement on the last 10th day of expiry of the competition it was postponed for one day.

And it was just on that postponed day that the “Union of Informed Citizens” Consulting NGO submitted its application to the Ministry, as a result of which the “Union of Informed Citizens” Consulting NGO, “Freedom of Information Center” and “Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center” NGO, as result of an unlawful decision and in violation of involvement of non-governmental organizations in the Council and rotation order approved by Prime Minister’s decision were included in the Anti-Corruption Policy Council.