"Zhoghovurd": Declarations will be analyzed to identify corruption risks
- Armen Sukiasyan
- 9 minutes ago
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The draft introduces a risk criteria mechanism, including a point scoring system, the definition of a minimum threshold, as well as the possibility of assessing additional risk factors by the competent department. These regulations are linked to the goals of developing the electronic declaration system enshrined in the RA Anti-Corruption Strategy and do not have a budgetary impact.
It is expected that the new procedure will increase the targeting of analyses, reduce subjective approaches, and contribute to the early detection of corruption risks and increased trust in the declaration institution.
The draft defines 7 risk criteria, each of which corresponds to a certain score on a scale of 0 to 100. If the total score of the declaration is 60 or more, it is subject to in-depth analysis.
Each year, the Commission approves a list of declarations to be analyzed, either automatically or manually. Declarations with higher scores are analyzed first, with a minimum of 200 per year.
The seven risk criteria:
Negative or very low annual costs (30 points)
When the expenses of an official and his family are negative or close to the minimum subsistence budget. In other words, the person declares that he has spent less than is necessary for a minimum subsistence.
Lack of information about family members (5 points)
When the declarant has not declared family members or close relatives, even though it is known that they exist.
Late declaration (3 points)
The declaration was submitted only after an administrative penalty was imposed.
Unsubmitted declaration (7 points)
Even after the administrative penalty, the declaration was not submitted.
Loans without sufficient cash (5 points)
The amount of the loan received exceeds the cash available (except for a mortgage loan).
Large amounts of money in cash (25 points)
If 3 conditions exist at the same time:
cash is more than 5 million drams,
cash is 3 or more times more than non-cash money,
The origin of the cash is not substantiated by previous declarations.
Additional risk factor (25 points)
The commission's specialists may add 25 points in each case in case of other suspicious circumstances. For example, a significant difference in the purchase or sale price of the property from the market value.
"The analysis of declarations based on the risk indicators of the analysis of declarations is carried out if the calculated value of the calculated risk indicators is 60 or more, taking into account the fact that the goal of the analysis of declarations is to detect not individual discrepancies, but cases when risk circumstances combined form corruption risks with a high probability."
