| TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL REPORT ON CORUPTION 24/09/2009 |
| (2009-09-24) |
| Last updated: 2009-09-25 15:31 EET |
In Romania, an excessive politicisation of the public office, against the background of the EU easing pressure and of frequent election periods, has led to an unprecedented downturn with regard to vulnerability to corruption, reads the report drawn up by the Romanian branch of Transparency International. Also, the organisation has stressed the deepening of the institutional and social crisis in this country.
The crisis has also been fuelled by the magistrates’ protests, who are unhappy with the under-financing of the system they operate in. The report also shows that the government has dramatically reduced its public accountability mechanisms, while parliament has failed to fulfil its main obligation, that of enacting laws, because the government has taken responsibility for many major legislative packages and has resorted a lot to the good old emergency ordinances.
On the other hand, the Romanian parliament has consolidated its control function through inquiry committees, created with a view to investigating into the way in which public money is spent, which is actually one of the sour spots mentioned in the Transparency Romania Report. The president of the organisation, Victor Alistar, said:
“The legislation on public procurement has been modified five times in 2009, for them to meet the requirements of some momentary opportunities and the needs of certain authorising officers. As for the public office, another alarm signal is the excessive politicisation of the public office given that it affects the entire structure of the local and central administration.”
The report drawn up by the parliamentary committee that investigated the activity carried out by the Minister of Tourism, liberal democrat Elena Udrea, also speaks about alleged embezzlement and abuse of office. Mrs. Udrea, who had challenged the committee, claiming that the latter’s only goal was to fabricate a political case, rejected the allegations and refused to recognise the MP’s right to give verdicts. In Mrs. Udrea’s opinion, who is very close to Romania’s president Traian Basescu, the report is aimed at compromising a liberal democratic minister in the run up to the presidential elections due this November.
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