Corruption thrives in legislative incoherence

Legislative incoherence was one of the main reasons why corruption could not be stopped in Romania, the chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Valeriu Dorneanu last weekend told “The Role of Parliament in fighting corruption among public order forces” seminar.

“We give it a lot of thought before we endorse a law in order to avoid the situation where we have to make repeated changes. We have focussed on the reform of local and central administration this year, we drafted a statute of the public officer and we resorted to a proper salary system for this professional category, so that they should no longer be tempted to become corrupted,” Valeriu Dorneanu said.

Corruption may harm Romania’s chances at the NATO summit to be held next year in Prague, the US Ambassador to Bucharest Michael Guest said during the first day of the seminar.

Romania is trying to stop corruption, which has taken new shapes and scope over the last years, going beyond the national borders, the Senate chairman Nicolae Vacaroiu said. Mediafax