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| THE WEEK IN REVIEW (7-13.05.2007) |
| (2007-05-11) |
| Last updated: 2007-05-11 15:59 EET |
The Romanian senate has passed the law on the National Agency for Integrity.
- The new minister of Justice has called for the resignation of one of the prosecutors who has been working on the files of the so-called big fish of corruption.
Romania celebrated its first Europe Day as a member of the EU.
- The Romanian leu has reached historic highs as against the EURO.
And Romania has lost a great mind, writer, essayist and editorialist Octavian Paler has passed away
Romania’s Senate has finally passed the Law on the National Agency for Integrity - a law that has been insistently requested by the EU as part of Romania’s efforts to tackle corruption. The law was meant to be an instrument to control of illegal wealth accumulated by MPs and to check conflicts of interests and incompatibilities. The law introduces a series of tough measures like confiscating illegal wealth and barring access to public office to persons who come under the incidence of the law. The Senate has established the responsibilities of the integrity inspectors in checking the actual wealth of dignitaries and not the wealth statements as the Chamber of Deputies had proposed. The Senate has also accepted a proposal by the Ministry of Justice according to which the integrity inspectors may notify an administrative court if the wealth accumulated by MPs during their time in office is disproportionate with their incomes during that same interval. In that case, the wealth that is proven to be illegal may be confiscated. According to the law adopted by Romania’s Senate, the National Agency for Integrity is an autonomous authority controlled by Parliament.
The initiative of the new Romanian Minister of Justice, Tudor Chiuariu to dismiss the deputy chief of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) has thrown the Ministry of Justice into turmoil and has prompted several resignations. The Minister of Justice says the fight against corruption is not vigorous enough. From the other side of the fence, the chief prosecutor of the National Anti-Corruption Directorate Daniel Moraru says the new minister of Justice is trying to stall the fight against corruption. Dozens of prosecutors from the DNA have publicly expressed disagreement with the initiative of the new minister of Justice. All this comes at a time when Romanian politics in general is sailing troubled waters. Thus the initiative of the minister of justice, to dismiss, out of the blue, the man who has been working on the files of the so-called big fish of corruption, makes the discourse of suspended president Traian Basescu even more powerful. According to the suspended president, he was suspended by a coalition of politicians in the Romanian parliament who are defending their economic group interests.
Romania has celebrated it’s first Europe Day, on May the 9th as a member of the European Union. On this day Romania also celebrates the victory against fascism and Independence Day. Romania gained its independence in 1877. Among a huge number of events there was a European literary marathon organised by Radio Romania. Thus on May the 9th, Radio Romania was host to a simultaneous reading, in 8 different languages, of a short story by famous Romanian born writer and historian of religions Mircea Eliade. “On Mantuleasa Street” was read in the studios of the Romanian Radio, in Italian, Spanish, Bulgarian, Greek, Finnish, English, Polish and Romanian.
This week the Euro has reached a historic low against the Romanian leu, being quoted below 3.3 Romanian lei. That makes the leu reach its highest in the last 4 years. The appreciation of the Romanian currency is sustained by the high interest rates, which prompt many foreign investors to sell Euros and make short term deposits in Romanian lei.
And this week, Romanian culture has lost a great mind. Writer, essayist and editorialist Octavian Paler has died following a heart attack, at the age of 80. He studied philosophy and law in Bucharest. He wrote, poetry, travel essays, art criticism, prose and editorials. Between 1965 and 1970 he was director general of the Romanian Television Company. Until 1983 he was editor in chief of the Romania Libera daily newspaper and after the anti-communist revolution he was a founding member of the Group for Social Dialogue and the Civic Alliance, two pillars of Romanian civil society.
(Corina Cristea)
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