YEREVAN. – The Committee for the Protection of Freedom of Speech (CPFS) conducted a monitoring of Armenia’s three commitments before the Open Government Partnership initiative.   

CPFS Chairman Ashot Melikyan noted the above-said during a press conference on Tuesday. 

The monitoring was conducted with respect to access to information, standardization of the content of the official websites of state-run agencies, and study of the state officials’ knowledge concerning freedom of information.    

“The state’s creation of the Ethics.am website is considered a great accomplishment; the officials’ declarations [on their ownership] will have to be presented there.

“[But] the monitoring showed that the declarations of more than half of the senior officials are not in this website; which is a violation of the law and the commitment which Armenia has assumed, Melikyan stated.      

As per the CPFS chief, the other matter is the fact that not all senior Armenian officials submit declarations, and the latter’s content likewise is a serious matter; that is, the accuracy of these declarations.   

Ashot Melikyan also stressed that there is a need to fill the state-run websites with content.