The Transparency International Anti-Corruption Center issued a statement ridiculing the Armenian government’s lofty pledges that it is committed to systematic reform and stamping out official corruption.

The Center argues that President Sargsyan’s ratification of the new government on May 8 indicates he is satisfied with the work the ministers are doing despite more people thrown into the grip of poverty and the deepening exodus from Armenia over the past five years.

The new cabinet, the statement notes, will only see three new faces.

“Thus we can only conclude that the opinions and sentiments of a large segment of the public are not being taken into account. Rather, they are being derided. The authorities are thus satisfied with being accountable only to those forces that ensure the survivability of the system,” the statement concludes.