Video: All successes and failures recorded in Armenia in recent years are directly related to corruption, says Nikol Pashinyan at Anti-Corruption Committee

The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, visited the Anti-Corruption Committee today to attend an event celebrating the second anniversary of the committee's establishment and the Day of the Anti-Corruption Committee Staff.

Pashinyan congratulated the attendees on the occasion of the second anniversary of the committee's formation and noted that the revolution that took place in 2018 generated great expectations among the public. These expectations had two main directions: the first was to investigate, disclose, and bring to a legal process the recorded corruption cases, and the second was to prevent and be relentless in addressing ongoing corruption issues, eliminating its potential developments.

The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction that the government chose to pursue institutional pathways and tried to understand what institutions are needed to effectively address the political agenda, not through party or governmental channels but by the people.

“We did everything to make salaries in the judicial and legal systems competitive with those in the private sector,” the Prime Minister stated, while also noting that the public is not entirely satisfied with the progress of the works carried out.

According to Pashinyan, people sometimes get the impression, while following certain cases, that the discussion is not about the judicial process but about backstage negotiations. “Taking advantage of the presence of the President of the Supreme Judicial Council, the Prosecutor General, the Minister of Justice, and the heads of our investigative bodies, I want to say that sometimes there’s an impression that these judicial proceedings are happening, so to speak, in a holiday or resort mode,” he emphasized.

The Prime Minister announced new measures being undertaken, including providing more effective protection for the rights of individuals involved in criminal cases. This new system, according to the Prime Minister, also involves a new quality of investigative professionalism and professional advancement, for which very specific incentives have been created.

Pashinyan highlighted the importance of anti-corruption policy and stated that all successes and failures recorded in the Republic of Armenia in recent years are closely related to corruption.

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