Prosecutor General Tiberiu Nitu tells ‘El Pais’: The scourge of corruption affects all levels of Romanian society

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Corruption is one of the biggest problems of the Romanian society, which primarily affects the public administration, but also education, health or police, the Prosecutor General of Romania, Tiberiu Nitu, said in an interview posted on Wednesday on the online edition of Spanish daily ‘El Pais’.
Asked about the sectors most affected, Tiberiu Nitu said that the public administration is most affected. “First is the public administration. Corruption is high especially in regard to the appointments with dedication as a result of political influence (exercised by MPs, ministers, local chiefs, mayors); positions (which are) mostly purely political. But also the education sector, health or police are affected. In the first eight months of the year, for example, 50 teachers were detained, 22 doctors and 41 police officers charged with crimes related to corruption,” Nitu said.
Romania’s Prosecutor General explained that, until August, some 1,469 cases of corruption were solved, double against 2014, of which 203 cases were given sentences, generally convictions not involving deprivation of freedom.
Tiberiu Nitu also appreciated that Romanian citizens are increasingly aware that they are directly affected by corruption and that things can not be allowed to continue. “Their confidence is growing, as is their proactive attitude regarding the prosecution of these cases,” said Nitu.
Asked whether corruption is a historical problem in Romania, Tiberiu Nitu argued that one cannot speak of a historical phenomenon, but of a society that for 50 years has lived under communism, which “resulted in a change in the civic education of all citizens”.
“Communism has changed the scale of social values, while the development of moral values and civic awareness were not in the forefront. Another important factor for the development of corruption was the standard of living, very low, and the desire of many to get rich quickly through any means. In parallel, the state did not have the institutions or the tools to control and combat these developments,” Nitu said.

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