Parliamentary lobbies of Armenia yet  have no decisions  regarding  the Commission on officials property capsulation.

ArmInfo. Despite numerous statements on necessity of struggle against illegal enrichment of officials and corruption criminalization, parliamentary factions of  Armenia still have no decisions in respect to law maker Nikol Pashinyan regarding establishment of  the Temporary Commission on studying the sources of  high ranked officials' and affiliated persons' property capsulation.

Referring to that initiative, republican   Hovhannes Sahakyan, the  State and legal Commission Head, in his conversation with ArmInfo  reporter particularly stated: " Taking into consideration the  parliamentary elections in April 2017, the populist intentions  in  parliament started to rise, and the examples of that are Nikol  Pashinyan's initiative and  "Legasy" faction head Zaruhi  Postandjyan's  generated  draft on Lustration." 

According to Sahakyan, if anyone has  certain facts on corruption or  illegal enrichment of officials, they should present that facts to  legal entities. "All those breaking the law shoud be punished, that's  why there is no any option," he stated. He also added, that even if  such a commission will be established, it will not be able to  implement any responsibilities, because by the end of December the   National Assembly will be released for vacations, and in January the  election race will start. "I think that Pashinyan also understands  it, that's why I call his initiative "elections populism," he said. 

 "Orinats Yerkir" faction head Heghine Bisharyan said she greets such  initiatives, but she prefers to see those in action. "That's a good  initiative, let Pashinyan present it and we will discuss it," she  accentuated.  Meanwhile, Levon Zurabyan, the Armenian National  Congress faction head, which member is also Pashinyan, stated that   he is not aware of Pashinyan's initiative. But Zurabyan reminded that  ANC offered to ratify the Clause 20 of the UN Convention against  corruption, related to illegal enrichment of officials. 

Naira Zohrabyan, the Prosperous Armenia faction head, greeted this  initiative and stated she will support it during the discussions. 

Armenian MP Nikol Pashinyan has introduced a new bill "On creation of  an interim parliamentary commission to study the income sources and  property of high-ranking officials and related persons".  According  to the document, at the first stage, the commission will inspect the  income sources and property of the high-ranking officials and their  relatives after 1 Jan 2008 and the public will be informed of the  results before 2 April 2017. "What has been stolen from Armenia  should be returned to Armenia," Pashinyan says.   The initiative aims  to enhance public confidence in the country.  The commission's  activities will be transparent, involving representatives of the  civil society, as well as experts (7-13 people) appointed by the  opposition.   At the second stage, the commission will inspect the  origin of property of the officials and their relatives, who were at  power from 1 Jan 1998 till 1 Jan 2008. The second stage will be  completed before 1 July 2017.   At the third stage, the commission  will inspect the origin of property of the officials and their  relatives, who were at power from 1 Oct 1991 till 1 Jan 1998. The  third stage will be completed before 1 November 2017.   The  commission will publicize its conclusions upon completion of each  stage. The commission will consist of 7 members - 2 MPs from the  Republican Party of Armenia, and 1 member from each of the remaining  parliamentary groups. The final conclusion will be submitted to the  Parliament before 5 Dec 2017.