Corruption still present in CTP's areas

The anti-corruption reforms have not been sufficiently implemented in those five areas of the Country Threshold Program (CTP). The transparency is still low in the judiciary, healthcare, tax and customs areas, police, reads a third monitoring report on implementing the CTP, Info-Prim Neo reports. The report was presented on October 30 at a news conference. According to it, the justice-related entities make efforts to implement the CTP within the established terms. However, there is no regulation to publish the writs on the internet. “The courts do not observe the principle of aleatory distribution of cases,” says the executive manager of the Legal Education Supporting Agency “Ex lege”, Valeriu Zubco. A representative of the Human Rights Resources Center, Maria Badan, says the only half of the number of activities planned within the CTP for the third quarter have been implementing in healthcare, some of them being much delayed. The survey on the Tax Service shows that a fair part of the tax inspectors and not familiar with the law on conflicts of interests. It uncovered several subdivisions of the Tax Service that are at high risk to get corrupt. Many employees complain of discrimination on political and age reasons within the Service. Nepotism is mentioned in employing staff. According to the customs officers, the corruption may get better countered when a clear notion is set out, with specific details for the Customs. Neither the police system has registered essential changes. Notwithstanding, the monitoring report specifies that a fair number of the police are highly aware of corruption. So, 58% of the interviewed say they are aware of preventing corruption in society, 31% consider thinks they are informed only partially and only 6% think they know much about countering and combating the phenomenon. The monitoring report concerning the implementation of the CTP is a product by the civil society pursuing to decrease corruption on the basis of tangible measurements. The project is implemented by the Anti-Corruption Alliance, Ex lege, the Human Rights Resources Center, the Pro Marshall Center from Moldova, Transparency International Moldova and the Center of Corruption Analysis and Prevention.