YEREVAN, MAY 25, ARMENPRESS. The Cabinet approved the bill package on prevention of corruption.

Arthur Hovhannisyan, acting minister of justice, said under the bill a corruption prevention agency will be created on the basis of the commission of ethics of high ranking officials, which will implement functions of corruption prevention, and deal with conflicting interests, ethics issues and other limitations for officials and public servants.

Hovhannisyan said the agency will have necessary tools, including the power of imposing sanctions.

The bill also plans filing declaration for public servants, who although aren’t high ranking officials, but however are included in the risk zone with their activities, i.e. – procurement process, inspectors, prosecutors.

Taking into account that former minister of justice Arpine Hovhannisyan – the current Vice Speaker of Parliament – had active participation in designing the bill, Arthur Hovhannisyan asked the Cabinet to acknowledge her as a co-author of the bill and designate her as main rapporteur in the Parliament.

The Prosecutor General, Arthur Davtyan, requested a two-day term for clarifications, while the Central Bank president asked for their opinions to be taken into account as well.