The financial reports of the National Integrity Authority generally provide a correct and reliable picture, the Court of Auditors ascertained after auditing the Authority’s financial situations on December 31, 2017. A relevant report was examined by the Court in a plenary meeting on November 5, IPN reports.

The property managed by the National Integrity Authority was valued at 35 million lei at the end of 2017. Under the 2017 state budget law, the Authority last year received allocations of 5.8 million lei from the state budget. It accumulated revenues of 72,7000 lei.

The audit team established that the Authority’s accounting policy was based on a document taken from the national normative framework that wasn’t adjusted to the specific activity of the institution. This determined a number of errors when reporting the situation concerning fixed assets, their wear degree and the circulating assets.

A part of the machines and pieces of equipment were incorrectly classed as fixed assets. A number of shortcomings were identified in the government procurement process. However, the Authority paid increased attention to the recommendations formulated by the Court of Auditors as part of the previous audit. During the current audit, it cooperated fruitfully with the audit team in remedying the identified irregularities.

National Integrity Authority president Rodica Antoci said the institution during the past two years has been practically under restructuring and in the process of selecting personnel. Nevertheless, it devoted increased attention to the working out of the functioning strategy, institution of internal control and creation of working groups for government procurement.

The Authority plays a special role in preventing and fighting corruption by examining the property of high-ranking public functionaries and how they respect the legal regime of conflicts of interests. It was founded in the middle of 2016 with the coming into force of the law on the National Integrity Authority of June 17, 2016.