Corruption Increasing in Armenia
Amalia Kostanyan, Chairperson of Transparency International in Armenia, says that little progress has been made in the fight against corruption. In fact, she says there is no political will in the Armenian government to fight this phenomena. The Regnum News Agency also carries the story.
The level of corruption in Armenia was assessed at 2.9 points (in 2003 it was 3 points, in 2004 - 3.1). The data was submitted by the Transparency International organization. As Head of Transparency International Office in Armenia Amalia Kostanyan said at a news conference on Monday, the situation is assessed at a 10-points scale, and the less he number of points is, the higher is the corruption level.
According to Kostanyan, the organization carried out a poll in Armenia, the results of which say that a substantial part of the respondents (62.9%) believes that in three past years the level of corruption in the country has increased.
4.5% say the level of corruption has lowered, 17.1% could not answer the question, and 15.5% assume the situation has not changed.
Incidently, there’s an interview I conducted with Amalia Kostanyan here.
