Armenian parliament elects corruption prevention panel

The National Assembly of Armenia elected an anti-corruption commission in a secret ballot on Tuesday.

The government-backed candidate, Lilit Asatryan, received the highest majority support – 85 votes ″in favor″. Only 15 parliament members voted against her; two ballot papers were declared invalid.

The secret ballot voting attracted a total of 102 lawmakers.

Edgar Shatiryan of the ruling My Step faction received 96 votes ″in favor″ and six votes ″against″. The parliamentary opposition's sole nominee, Narek Hambardzumyan (Prosperous Armenia), was elected to the commission with 71 positive votes.