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    "ELITE" AND "HIERARCHIC" CORRUPTION IN ARMENIA

    http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/right/view/27901
    Law - Wednesday, 31 October 2012, 11:27

    Recently, Varuzhan Hoktanyan, executive director of Transparency
    International NGO, has said that the Armenian elite should not be place
    themselves above law. But the question is if most corrupt spheres of
    life still remain education and the judiciary or whether the picture
    has changed.

    According to V. Hoktanyan, the most corrupt spheres of life in the
    CIS members remain the judicial system and education, unlike the
    West. In the West most corruption is in the parties. New notions of
    corruption have originated in the world, such as "elite corruption".

    Studies in 2010-2011 have revealed that by "elite corruption" Armenia
    is 129-133 among 180 countries. Hoktanyan says this is an issue but
    not a tragedy.

    Research shows "elite corruption" cases are revealed by the next
    government. Elite corruption is based on systemic corruption in the
    so-called hierarchic expression. Hoktanyan brings the example of the
    former head of the state pension fund Vazgen Khachikyan.

    According to him, the worst expressions of elite corruption are budget
    misuse and kickbacks.

    There are no certain data but elite corruption is supposed to be
    formed around in 2005 when the businessmen intervene in the legislative
    activities and adopted laws stemming from their business interests.

    In the world, the post-Soviet countries are considered the most
    corrupt ones in the region.

    According to Hoktanyan there are two ways of eliminating corruption,
    authoritarian and democratic. Armenia, if it follows the example of
    Singapore which has fought down the level of elite corruption being an
    authoritarian country, should punish all the high-ranking officials,
    their friends and relatives engaged in corruption.

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