President held a meeting on the reforms related to the fight against corruption

President of Armenia held today a working meeting related to the fight against corruption. At the meeting discussed were issues related to the activities of the Working Group on the reformation of the institutional structure in the area of the fight against corruption, which was created by the December 20, 2016 executive order of the President, and the interim results of the mentioned activities, including the situation with drafting the legislation pertinent to the fight against corruption.

President Sargsyan was informed, in particular, on the status of the new anti-corruption body, issues related to its formation and functions, guarantees of its independence as well as on a number of issues related to its budgetary funding.

At the meeting stressed was the importance of a comprehensive resolution of pivotal issues related to the efficient prevention of corruption such as the analyses of tax returns and declared property of the officials and inspection of their credibility, a greater availability of the related information, a wider cooperation with the law enforcement bodies in the disclosure of the illicit enrichment as well as the preclusion of the conflict of interests through the declaration of such interests.

Based on the results of the meeting, the Head of the Working Group was assigned with tasks and the timetable for the development of the drafts was set.