For a long time ago, we launched the bizprotect.am website, which was established after the Adoption the law on the system of whistleblowers was adopted.
This platform provides opportunity to anonymous information on corruption risks related to the activities of various government agencies.
Mr. Karen Zadoyan, president of the founder of the website Armenian Lawyers’ Associations, in the interview with “1IN.AM” News Website said that the web site had received about 40 applications within a few months, which further were sent to various relevant bodies. The complaints were related to the activities of the SRC, the Customs, and the state procurement.
“The encouraging here is that government agencies respond very quickly to complaints and provided answer: We post these answers on the website and on the assumption of the fact that we do not receive a response from the authors of the complaint, we consider that the response has satisfied the complaining person,” Mr. Zadoyan noted.
According to our guest, it is very important that business representatives already use this public domain and the opportunity of anonymity that it provides. “We even have a case when the applicant applied publicly with complaint related to a commercial bribe, which we have sent to the Prosecutor’s Office,” Zadoyan said.