State and Legal Issues  Parliamentary Committee Head responded   critics  of  US Ambassador to Armenia

ArmInfo. Armenian authorities continue the consequent struggle against corruption, and appropriate certain steps are already taken in different aspects. The results  will become obviopus in the nearest future, Hovhannes Sahakyan, the  State and Legal Issues  Parliamentary Committee Head said in his  conversatipn with ArmInfo reporter, referring to the critics of   Richard Mills, the  USA Ambassador to Armenia regarding the  corruption struggle and human rights protection. 

 "The corruption struggle process got a new pulse after the speeches   President Serzh Sargsyan and Prime Minister Karen Kaaretyan, stating  the need of essential changes. Such changes and  regulatory  modifications have been already implemented, and, beside that, the  environment has changed as well: both the government and the public  society accept the corruption extremely negative," he  accentuated.  Sahakyan mentioned also, that yesterday Piotr Switalski, The Head of  the European Union Delegation to Armenia, also noted the serious  intentions of authorities regarding corruption struggle. "A number of  reforms is implemented already in the sectors of customs and taxes,  where the corruption risks are larger. We are  consistent in  this,  and, if there are any more complaints left without response, the  responsible entities will be liable for that," the politician  accentuated. 

Referring to the Ambassador's critics in respect to inadequate force  implemented  during July  events, the law maker accentuated that  appropriate criminal cases are raised, the investigation is in  progress and if policemen actions were out of any justification, they  will bear an appropriate liability for that.  "This is the flow of  such processes in democratic countries, and Ambassadors could only  help us  with their questions and concerns," he mentioned. 

Sahakyan referred also to the Ambassador's statement reading that on  the run up to elections some media representatives are being  stressed. " At the pre electoral stage we should be very careful with  such statements. If there are certain examples, we should voice  those, but if not - we should hold back of any charges," the  Republican summarized. 

To remind, recently  Ambassador Mills stated that the United States  witnessed some troubling trends in the areas of human rights and rule  of law over the past 15 months that give cause for real concern, U.S.   Ambassador to Armenia Richard Mills said in his remarks to American  Chamber of Commerce of Armenia in Yerevan on Feb 1.   "Despite some  progress and notable success stories which give reason  for hope, we  have also witnessed some troubling trends in the areas  of human  rights and rule of law.  Let me first mention some of  Armenia's very  laudable successes in this area.  One of the most  impressive is the  fact that it retained its status as a Tier I country in the State  Department's Trafficking in Persons Report for  the fourth straight  year, thanks in large part to its interagency  working group, which  is a model of cooperation between the government  and civil society,"  the Ambassador said