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IT IS CLEAR CORRUPTION
Interview with Vahan Ishkhanyan, chairman of Helsinki Committee,
human rights activists
Recently it has become known that NGOs whose names mean nothing to
the society are funded from the state budget. Why does the state fund
NGOs which we have not even heard about?
It is a topic for a serious journalistic investigation because it
is a corruption case and in this case we deal with pro-government
NGOs which are funded by the government to praise it. Judging by how
several different organizations registered in a single day and by one
person received those grants it is clear corruption. One wonders why
the government funds those NGOs, what the principles are, whether
there are commissions which make decisions etc. In my impression,
this is a closed club which is doing god knows what.
Different officials criticize NGOs for misuse of international grants
while the government supports real misuse.
The government makes allegations against different organizations for
misuse of grants because they dislike their activities which disclose
their shortcomings. The organizations which are not doing anything
misuse those grants.
During the election of the Council of Elders you listed five NGOs
which protected the interests of the RPA. Are such NGOs also busy
misusing state funds?
It is not known who funds them and how. One thing is clear. They are
titular NGOs, classic "gongons" which are intended to cause a mess
in the society and in fact do no good to the society.
Karine Ionesyan 20:54 11/05/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/interview/view/29858
Interview with Vahan Ishkhanyan, chairman of Helsinki Committee,
human rights activists
Recently it has become known that NGOs whose names mean nothing to
the society are funded from the state budget. Why does the state fund
NGOs which we have not even heard about?
It is a topic for a serious journalistic investigation because it
is a corruption case and in this case we deal with pro-government
NGOs which are funded by the government to praise it. Judging by how
several different organizations registered in a single day and by one
person received those grants it is clear corruption. One wonders why
the government funds those NGOs, what the principles are, whether
there are commissions which make decisions etc. In my impression,
this is a closed club which is doing god knows what.
Different officials criticize NGOs for misuse of international grants
while the government supports real misuse.
The government makes allegations against different organizations for
misuse of grants because they dislike their activities which disclose
their shortcomings. The organizations which are not doing anything
misuse those grants.
During the election of the Council of Elders you listed five NGOs
which protected the interests of the RPA. Are such NGOs also busy
misusing state funds?
It is not known who funds them and how. One thing is clear. They are
titular NGOs, classic "gongons" which are intended to cause a mess
in the society and in fact do no good to the society.
Karine Ionesyan 20:54 11/05/2013 Story from Lragir.am News:
http://www.lragir.am/index.php/eng/0/interview/view/29858