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| CORRUPTION HAS FALLEN SLIGHTLY IN ROMANIA (27.09.2007) |
| (2007-09-27) |
| Last updated: 2007-10-02 19:25 EET |
Romania remains the most corrupt country of the European Union, though after accession there has been a slight decrease in the scale of the problem. According to the yearly report by Transparency International, Romania has improved its perception in terms of corruption, climbing 15 places to reach 69 out of the 180 countries evaluated. On a 1 to 10 scale, 10 being the lowest degree of corruption, Romania scores 3.7. But despite the slight progress in reducing corruption, the Transparency International report places a question mark over the anti-corruption reforms in Romania.
Victor Alistar, director of Transparency International Romania.
“We think there is a major risk that this improvement in perceptions of corruption in Romania may not be sustainable. Actually there might be a relapse, if the reforms in the field are not applied. We are concerned about the way in which the fight against corruption is going, and the lack of results. We do not have one single person who has been found guilty of high level corruption. In judicial practice, the harshest sentence passed was a 2-year suspension. This is no kind of discouragement. Also, the way in which the fight against corruption is politicised makes it impossible to yield any results.”
According to Transparency International Romania, the real test of the fight against corruption is solving the heavy cases on which the National Anti-Corruption Department is working. The report also expresses concern about the political involvement of the National Anti-Corruption Department. Transparency International also thinks that multinational companies and financial institutions that give bribe and tolerate illegal profits are guilty of the proliferation of corruption in poor countries across the world. Victor Alistar:
“There is a relationship between corruption and poverty. In African countries for instance, where there are no administrative structures and no legislation, poverty is the cause of corruption. In Eastern Europe, in Romania for example, we have a modern state, with working legislation, structures and institutions. Here, poverty is the result of corruption, because corruption means wasting resources. Romania has lived through the same kind of experience, namely large-scale privatisations. But corruption does not mean just bribery, it can also work through political pressure.”
Victor Alistar, President of Transparency International Romania
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