Articolul din The Economist, intitulat "Corruption in Romania. In denial" merita sa fie citit aici: <http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11670671> http://www.economist.com/world/europe/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11670671. De asemenea, merita citite si comentariile postate acolo. Iata unul din ele: "Truly, Romania shall solve its huge corruption problem only if solutions are enforced upon it from outside. High-level corruption is only growing stronger here, as years go by. The effects are down-pouring on the lower levels of public administration, so that I can safely say that Romania is, right now, a deeply corrupted country, where a lot of the public services are fueled by bribes. That many years, that many cases, not one conviction, ever.
Even the current Romanian president, Traian Basescu, was previously involved in a trial regarding the naval fleet of Romania, that simply... vanished (this is not a joke) while he occupied the Minister of Transportation function. He ran for president and got the mandate. In the "Fleet" file, there were no convictions. The ships are still missing... Traian Basescu is the president of Romania... I rest my case." In fine, merita citit raportul d-lui Willem de Pauw ( <http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/romaniacorruption.pdf> http://www.economist.com/media/pdf/romaniacorruption.pdf). Iata concluziile, extrem de serioase, pe care UE se pare ca incearca sa le ignore: "Instead of progress in the fight against highlevel corruption, Romania is presently regressing, on all fronts, in the fight against corruption. Many of the measures that were presented, before Accession, to be instrumental in the fight against corruption, have been deliberately blunted by Parliament or the Government immediately after Accession, while other factors have been instrumental in repulsing ongoing attempts to adress high level corruption. The list is a long one : - a number of the attributions of ANI, promissed before Accession, have been cancelled by Parliament after Accession ; the NIA is still a very long way from being operational, and it's authority is already being contested; - several new laws, implemented immediately after Accession, have reduced the efficiency of anti-corruption investigations; - immediately after a request was made to start investigating members of the present government, a GEO was adopted that has, in all probability, fatally compromised all pending cases concerning high level corruption; - new amendments, now pending in Parliament, will fatally affect the efficiency of the Romanian criminal investigation, not only concerning corruption, but concerning all crimes; - prosecutors dealing with corruption crimes are put under severe pressure in the media by, amongst others, the Minister of Justice, and there are strong indications that the de facto dismantlement of DNA is in store; - these previous aspects demonstrate the intense resistance of practically the whole policital class of Romania against the anticorruption effort; - all major pending trials concerning high-level corruption, started just before Accession and only after many years of hesitation, have now been aborted and are, most probably, definitely abandonded for all practical purposes; If the Romanian anti-corruption effort keeps evaporating at the present pace, in an estimated six months time Romania will be back were it was in 2003." ---------------------------- Vali "Noble blood is an accident of fortune; noble actions are the chief mark of greatness." "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." Aboneaza-te la <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ngo_list: o alternativa moderata (un pic) la [ngolist] Please consider the environment - do you really need to print this email? http://www.ziua.ro/news.php?data=2008-07-04 <http://www.ziua.ro/news.php?data=2008-07-04&id=8781> &id=8781 The Economist: UE ascunde regresul Romaniei in privinta luptei anticoruptie 4 iulie, 13:03 Uniunea Europeana (UE) a trecut sub tacere un raport privind "coruptia generalizata" la nivel inalt din Romania, elaborat de unul dintre expertii executivului comunitar, relateaza publicatia britanica "The Economist", citata de EFE. Potrivit raportului, "daca eforturile impotriva coruptiei in Romania continua sa se evaporeze in actualul ritm, calculam ca, in sase luni, aceasta tara se va gasi in situatia in care se afla in 2003". In aceste conditii, noteaza publicatia citata, daca raportul Comisiei Europene din iulie va adopta un ton la fel de bland ca al celui din februarie, vor fi intarite suspiciunile ca, pentru a-si masca propriul esec, UE incearca sa ascunda adevarata stare a Justitiei si coruptiei din Romania. Articolul din The Economist despre coruptia din Romania are titlul "In plina negare" si subtitlul "Uniunea Europeana ascunde regresul Romaniei in privinta luptei anticoruptie", precizeaza NewsIn. Publicatia invoca o evaluare foarte dura facuta justitiei romane in noiembrie 2007 de procurorul belgian Willem de Pauw consilier cu state vechi al UE in materie de combatere a coruptiei, care ajungea la concluzia ca "In loc sa progreseze in lupta impotriva coruptiei la nivel inalt, Romania a inregistrat regrese pe toate fronturile". Evenimentele, sustine The Economist, vin in sprijinul avertismentului lui Pauw ca Romania ar putea da inapoi pana la nivelul din 2003. Articolul citeaza in context si cazul fostului premier Adrian Nastase. Acuzat de coruptie si dare de mita si exonerat de comisia juridica a Parlamentului, el se gandeste deja la o eventuala candidatura la alegerile prezidentiale, arata publicatia britanica. Textul lui Willem de Pauw mentiona deasemenea ca practic toate procesele de mare coruptie au fost respinse de instantele de judecata. "Statistic vorbind, este imposibil sa se atribuie aceasta situatie erorilor de procedura (intalnite) in spete individuale", subliniaza De Pauw, care denunta "rezistenta puternica a intregii clase politice romanesti" fata de campania anticoruptie. Documentul intocmit de expertul belgian nu a fost insa publicat, iar raportul CE din februarie a fost mult mai bland, limitandu-se sa spuna ca "in domenii precum lupta impotriva coruptiei la nivel inalt nu au fost demonstrate rezultate convingatoare", noteaza The Economist. Potrivit publicatiei, unele dintre exemplele de coruptie cele mai socante mentionate de procurorul belgian fie nu au aparut deloc in raportul oficial de etapa, fie au fost "ingropate" in note de subsol. Oficialii spun ca expertul a fost doar consultat cu privire la subiect, dar, adauga ei, raportul din februarie a fost o "actualizare factuala" si nu o evaluare a progresului Romaniei. Aceasta se va intampla intr-un raport mai complet, asteptat spre sfarsitul acestei luni, explica The Economist. "Ar fi incurajator daca ar include unele dintre observatiile lui de Pauws", adauga publicatia. Daca raportul UE din iulie despre Romania este la fel de plictisitor ca cel precedent, acest lucru nu va face decat sa amplifice suspiciunile cu privire la faptul - mentionat in raportul lui Pauws - ca tari precum Franta au facut, din propriile motivatii, fie financiare, fie geopolitice, presiuni pentru ca Romania sa intre in UE devreme si ca presiunea politica ar putea fi folosita acum pentru a ascunde, si nu pentru a expune problema, conchide The Economist. C 1998-2008 ziua <http://www.ziua.ro/> "ziua srl"
