"Anti-corruption" - has been a permanent slogan in the electoral rhetoric of all the competing forces, but the governments so far have so far failed to combat this phenomenon. The statement was made by Mariana Kalughin, anti-corruption expert Transparency International Moldova at the public debate "Fighting corruption: commitments of the Republic of Moldova in the EU accession process", IPN reports.
"I don't think we still have a sufficiently mature political class that is motivated and well-intentioned and that, at some point, understands that party interests, the interests of getting yet another mandate should not prevail when it comes to the citizen and his sense of security," Kalughin said.
Regarding the proposals made by the authorities to merge the Prosecutor's Office for Anti-Corruption and the PCCOCS, she noted that in a country it is not necessary to have a specialized corruption institution to fight corruption. "There are very many countries that manage to do this with a single section within the police or a section within a prosecutor's office," the expert added.
The most important feeling for any citizen is the sense of security they have in the country they live in. Corruption erodes the basic values of a society, eroding that sense of security, stability, predictability, says the anti-corruption expert. According to the most recent Corruption Perceptions Index in 2023, Moldova scored 42 out of 100.
"100 points means the country is free of corruption and 0 means totally corrupt. However, the most important thing is that there has been a progress in terms of ranking," Mariana Kalughin added.
The public debate on "Fighting corruption: Moldova's commitments in the EU accession process" is organized in the framework of the project "IPN News Agency for Social Cohesion and Pro-European Moldova", funded by IMS.
