In an interview with Hraparak, TIAC Project director Varuzhan Hoktanyan referred to the arrest of Syunik community leaders. According to him, if the suspicion is proved that the community leaders really gave electoral bribes, then this is an electoral crime and respective verdicts should follow. Election bribery is a manifestation of political corruption.
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TIAC Education and Elections Project Director Mariam Hoveyan's interview for YSU journal.
We are still far from being called a democratic state. TIAC's Varuzhan Hoktanyan referring to the Freedom House report.
Over the course of six days, topics such as investigative journalism and the importance of freedom of information in combating corruption, as well as discussions on corruption within local self-governments, and insights from international anti-corruption efforts, were presented through lectures and discussions.
The 2024 first meeting of the multilateral group of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) of Armenia took place.
