The following 2 decisions were taken at the extraordinary session of the Governing Board of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia. The Governing Board of the Coalition has sent:
- Respective letters to NA President Ararat Mirzoyan, as well as to the heads of all the National Assembly factions and the heads of the other political forces who participated in the parliamentary elections of the 7th convocation, to international organizations and urged them to withdraw the Draft Law on Making Changes and Additions in the Law on the Corruption Prevention Commission presented by RA NA President Ararat Mirzoyan and adopted by the National Assembly on 25.06.2019, in the first reading. In case of not accepting this recommendation, we urge the President of the National Assembly to do the following prior to the second reading of the Draft Law: to present the Draft expertise results, the justification with all the components prescribed by law; to urgently initiate parliamentary hearings to discuss the Draft Law with all the actors in the field; to deny the false information expressed on ALA at a National Assembly session; and to form an NA-CSO-Government working group for the development of drafts of legal acts aimed at the introduction of the Armenian model of the anti-corruption agency.
- The organizations submitting this, do not find it expedient to participate in the competition for the membership of CSOs in the Anti-Corruption Policy Council, with the procedures defined in the 808-N decision from 24 June 2019, suggesting that the other Coalition member CSOs also adopt that approach, considering that the artificial withdrawal of the Coalition from that above mentioned Commission is not justified in any way.
The Governing Board of the CSO Anti-Corruption Coalition of Armenia has issued a statement on the above said.