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| THE WEEK IN REVIEW 20-26/07/2009 |
| (2009-07-24) |
| Last updated: 2009-07-27 14:56 EET |
The Romanian legal system will continue to be monitored by the European Commission until it starts functioning properly. A report published on Wednesday by the European Commission commends Romania for modernizing its criminal and civil codes and the activity of the National Integrity Agency and the National Anticorruption Directorate. The Commission criticizes, however, Romania for its Parliament’s delay in approving the start of criminal investigations for acts of corruption against some of its members. The good news for Bucharest is that Brussels did not call for the introduction of the safeguard clause, which would have meant that the rulings passed by Romanian courts would not have been recognized in the European Union. Among the political class in Bucharest, opinions on the report are split, ranging from labeling it as proof of confidence in the government led by Emil Boc, the leader of the pro-presidential Liberal Democratic Party, to proof of the government’s failure by the Liberal Party in opposition.
Romania's general prosecutor Laura Codruta Kovesi called on Parliament to approve the start of criminal investigations against the former youth and sports minister Monica Iacob Ridzi. Laura Codruta Kovesi:
“I have requested Parliament to approve the start of a criminal investigation for abuse of office against public interests, intellectual fraud related to acts of corruption, instigation to enter an information system illlegally and instigation to erasing information data illegally.”
Monica Iacob Ridzi resigned following a scandal about the way in which she spent over 700,000 euros on Youth Day evens in May. A parliamentary inquiry committee established that Ridzi is guilty of abuse of office and embezzlement. Six other people are also investigated for their involvement in this case.
Tens of people were heard in Romania in an investigation connected to illegal in vitro fertilization at a private clinic in Bucharest set up ten years ago by a family of doctors from Israel. The donors were young women from Romania, mostly of Roma origin who received money in exchange for donating their eggs, which would later be fertilized. According to investigators, the clinic had an archive containing the donors' files in which the women's characteristics had been changed, starting from the color of their hair to occupation and IQ. The two Israeli citizens who own the clinic and a Romanian nurse are in temporary police custody. Two other doctors, also from Israel, are not allowed to leave Romania until investigations are over. In a search carried out by the police, prosecutors found over 30 women from Israel who were preparing for consultations and even fertilization in vitro.
PM Emil Boc announced that the government plans to finalize, by mid-August, the legislative package on education reform, and will make the issue a motion of confidence in Parliament. The prime minister called on the parties that have signed the National Education Pact to designate experts to contribute to drafting the laws in question, and also called on the Minister of Education, Ecaterina Andronescu, to get ready to issue new legislation for higher education to avoid cases like that seen at Spiru Haret University. Investigations so far indicate that the aforementioned private university, the largest in Romania, last year submitted applications for 56,000 diplomas to be issued, mostly for unaccredited degrees, while the rector of that institution illegally endorsed positions for almost one hundred lecturers and professors. According to the ministry of education, Spiru Haret has programs that have not been evaluated since 2007. Ecaterina Andronescu said that, until the litigation is concluded, diplomas held by Spiru Haret graduates will remain valid.
The withdrawal of all Romanian troops from the coalition policing Iraq is now complete, after on Thursday the last batch of troops arrived home in Bucharest. In 2003, Romania sent almost 850 soldiers to Iraq, but this figure was gradually reduced to 368. In Iraq, Romanian troops have been mostly involved with security, reconstruction and humanitarian missions. During their 6 year stay, two Romanian soldiers were killed and 6 were wounded in action.
The Football team Steaua Bucharest qualified in the third preliminary leg of the European League, after defeating the Hungarian team Ujpest 2-1 in an away game. In the first leg, at home, Steaua won 2-nil. Steaua will next have to face the Scottish side Motherwell. Romania is represented in the preliminaries of the European League by Dinamo Bucharest, CFR Cluj, and FC Vaslui, and is represented in the Champions’ League by Unirea Urziceni, which qualified directly, and FC Timisoara, which is to play in the preliminaries.
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