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One of the above-mentioned public bodies was the medico-social agency of the RA Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, along with its divisions and territorial bodies. Many people, who have the right to apply to the mentioned body and obtain a disability degree, have abandoned that idea being afraid of what they can face in the agency without providing bribes. It’s not hard to understand that for many disabled people it is quite hard if not impossible.

 

The RA Government made four decisions at the session on 06.12.2012, which according to the Government webpage, are aimed at decreasing corruption risks in the social, particularly medico-social sphere. The RA Government assures or tries to assure that it will be possible to avoid subjective approaches, ensure maximum transparency, which will in its turn substantially minimize corruption risks. As the Government webpage informs, “According to the Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan the issue has been much talked of in public. Studies had evidenced the pervasive nature of corruption risks. The head of government asked the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs to substantiate the efficiency of the aforementioned measures. The Minister assured that the results are encouraging.”

 

As the same source provides, the Social Affairs Minister assured that “by adopting this decision, we have streamlined the legal field to make a big step forward on our way to curbing subjective approach”.

 

The Minster also informed that 6 heads of committees were dismissed in this period, there were also those who were dismissed based on their applications, doctor experts.

 

According to the accusation conclusion Laura Hambardzumyan working at the policlinic of ‘Armenia’ republic medical center as a therapeutic told Levon Avetisyan’s wife Karine Hovhannisyan on 21.03.2012 who came to the medical institution to obtain a disability degree that in order to receive a reference for the medico-social expertise for L. Avetisyan, it is necessary to pay AMD 20 thousand to the President of medical expertise commission of the Policlinic Marietta Nahapetyan. 

 

M. Nahapetyan was brought in an indictment for being the President of medical expertise commission of the policlinic and realizing administrative functions, illegally received AMD 20 thousand from L. Avetisyan’s wife in exchange for providing the above-mentioned document.

 

The employee of the medico-social expertise commission Maqruhi Rostamyan was also brought in an indictment for urging L. Avetisyan’s wife to commit a crime by bribing D. Manukyan in the amount of AMD 20 thousand.

 

Artur Hovhannisyan