In an interview with 1in.am Armenian News & Analyses Varuzhan Hoktanyan, Project Director of Transparency International Anticorruption Center (TIAC) presented the findings of TIAC electoral projects, in particular, those related to misuse of administrative resources, commented how they found reflection in the Amendments to the Electoral Code. According to Hoktanyan, political will to conduct normal elections can be manifested through refusing to misuse administrative resources by the authorities, since it is the authorities and naturally, the ruling political party or coalition of political parties that possess administrative resources.

Hoktanyan noted that TIAC will be consistent in monitoring misuse of administrative resources. “In some cases the election campaign offices, their employees were funded out of the pockets of oligarchs, which is not implied to be misuse of administrative resources by legislation. However, if we view it from a different standpoint, in particular, given that the money of the oligarchs is accumulated as a result of unpaid taxes, we face the issue of misuse of administrative resources. The money that should have been in budget, appear in the pockets of the oligarchs. However, that is another issue,” said Hoktanyan.