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Natasha Harutyunyan

Experts Agree that Armenia's Civil Service is “Politicized”

05_11-Badalyan-HakobyanToday, Manvel Badalyan, Chair of Civil Service Board of Armenia, stated at a press conference that the nation would never have a regular functioning government and civil service without qualified and dedicated civil servants. He stated that the issue of changing and updating the mode of thought within the citizenry wasn’t always carried out in tune with the times.Mr. Badalyan cited this as the reason why reforms are being proposed to the law regarding civil service. He confessed that his agency had frequently confronted problems dealing with conflicts of interest and ethics within the ranks of Armenia’s civil servants.
He added that the civil service, due to its low public image, doesn’t attract the best and brigtest of Armenia’s job seekers. One of the reasons he cited is the low pay scale. Another panellist at today’s press conference, Karineh Hakobyan, President of the "Reform" NGO, noted that the problem was a complex one and that the civil service wasn’t immune from political changes taking place in the country. She noted that ever since 2003, civil service postings were the domain of the political parties in charge and that individuals weren’t selected according to their merits but due to their party membership. Today, Armenia has 7,635 registered civil servants and the 7 year-old Board has a number of reforms in the pipeline.

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