Cristina Tarna decided to vacate the post of vice director of the National Anticorruption Center (NAC). The resignation she tendered was already submitted to Parliament, IPN reports.
“I consider the reforms announced and launched in the anticorruption sector substantially undermine the policies promoted with the expertise of the NAC and with my involvement during the last few years. I refer to a number of laws and policies that only started to be implemented. In the created situation, when the views I share are not compatible with the announced views, I think there is no use keeping the post. I want to refute the speculations about my interest in running for other public posts (National Integrity Authority, Crime Assets Recovery Agency) or in becoming involved in politics. For now, my professional intentions are only to return to the activity of national and international consultancy in the fields of integrity and anticorruption,” Cristina Tarna wrote in a posting on a social networking site.
She also invokes reasons related to the destabilization of the Crime Assets Recovery Agency, which has until now recruited employees, initiated the signing of agreement with similar foreign institutions, etc. “The destabilization of the autonomous and independent Agency that was recently created as part of the NAC will inevitably delay its activity. With all due respect for the Ministry of Finance, I don’t believe in the independence and efficiency of this Agency as part of the Tax Inspectorate,” said Cristina Tarna.
As to the reasons related to the reform of the NAC, she said she not long ago found out that the Ministry of Justice was planning the reform, but didn’t know many details. “I recently learned about the concept of the new reform: the NAC will turn into an advocate for businesspeople and will deal only with the identification of acts of petty and very petty corruption. The comments are useless. This reform view gave me an additional reason for leaving,” noted Cristina Tarna.
Cristina Tarna was named vice director of the NAC in November 2013 by the Government, which then managed the Center.
