At a government cabinet session today, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan instructed his ministers to forge ahead, at full force, with the campaign to eradicate corruption in Armenia.

Pashinyan, who made the anti-corruption drive a cornerstone of his government, confessed that people in Armenia continue to take bribes and that, as a result, arrests must increase.

The prime minister said that it doesn’t matter if the bribe taker is a former or present official, a political party representative, or a family member; they’re all equal before the law.

“In Armenia, those stealing from the people must be caught, charged, ridiculed, morally destroyed and sent to jail,” Pashinyan said.