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| ABOUT ROMANIAN JUSTICE 25/06/2008 |
| (2008-06-25) |
| Last updated: 2008-06-26 12:45 EET |
Romanian justice took a step back in 2007, that is the conclusion of the yearly report by Freedom House, an international organisation that monitors democracy in 29 countries in Central and Eastern Europe and in the Balkans. The report is comparative to the situation in previous years and it shows that in 2007 Romania fared no better in key areas such as the election process, civil society, the independence of the media, governance and corruption.
Romanian courts of justice continue to postpone indicting any of the so-called big fish of corruption, while most of the media continues to be controlled by a handful of people. Jannette Goehring has worked on the Freedom House report on Romania. According to her, quote: “What pushes back Romania is corruption. That has been a constant problem. Last year it was obvious when there were attempts to give the sack to a prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate and to dissolve that institution. Romania has slowed down the pace of fighting corruption since it joined the EU. Another special chapter is that of European funds. There must be fair competition, otherwise the press and civil society will ask questions” end of quote.
Romania has problems with the rule of law, the control of corruption and political instability. The level of corruption in Romania has raised concerns in Brussels. The European Commission intends to give Bucharest a clear warning with regard to the blockade of the corruption files involving former and current dignitaries. One famous case is that of the former Prime Minister, currently social-democrat MP Adrian Nastase who is accused of bribe taking, abuse of office and fraud during his term in office from 2000 until 2004.
On Tuesday, Romanian MPs had to vote whether to give the go-ahead for prosecutors investigating the cases of Former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and former Minister of Transports Miron Mitrea. Though at the beginning of the session there were enough MPs in the room to vote, by the time when they had to cast their vote, a significant number of MPs had fled, so Parliament didn’t meet quorum to decided whether to give prosecutors the green light to continue investigations in those two cases. According to the newspapers in Bucharest, the Romanian MPs have obstructed Justice once more, by refusing to assume responsibility in Parliament.
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