Moldova ranks 103th according to Corruption Perceptions Index for 2015

Chisinau, 27 January /MOLDPRES/ - Moldova has ranked 103th out of 168 countries, included in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) ranking, launched by Transparency International today.   

According to the ranking, Moldova recorded a CPI score of 33 points, by two points less than in 2014.  

“The confidence of the residents in the governors’ ability to cope with corruption was diminished by “the overthrow of three governments, multiple deficiencies in carrying out the National Anticorruption Strategy, Strategy of reforming the justice sector and Moldova – EU Association Agreement,” Transparency International said.

The ranking’s authors said the 2015 year had been marked by more alarming events, with the connection between the corruption phenomenon and the seizure of the state’s institutions becoming visible. The procrastination of the adoption of the set of laws on the integrity system, failure to take prompt attitude towards the people in charge of supervising the banking sector’s security, who allowed a theft of one billion dollars – all these discredited the good intentions in the anti-corruption sector, declared to the society and development partners.   

At the same time, the ranking showed the phenomenon of “political corruption, expressed by co-opting MPs by obscure, non-parliamentary means, non-meritocratic promotion of judges and selective justice applied to political competitors, the blackmail of the country’s president to nominate a compromised person for the office of prime minister.”  

Transparency International stressed that, in early 2016, the events had developed more rapidly. These developments registered “ignoring the candidate for the office of prime minister nominated by the country’s president by sabotaging the parliament meeting, neglecting the legal procedures when forming the parliamentary majority, blocking journalists at the headquarters of the Democratic Party and in parliament, thus limiting residents’ access to objective information, quick giving a vote of confidence to the cabinet in parliament, thus depriving the people to learn, in due time, the candidacies for public offices, the candidates taking oath in secret at midnight.”  

The international organisation warns the decision-makers of Moldova that “the continuous extension of the corruption phenomenon, capturing of the state’s institutions and ignoring the protesters’ claims might jeopardize Moldova’s European integration, undermine the democratic development of the country and trigger mass violent actions.”  

The 2015 CPI ranking comprises 168 countries. Denmark is placed at the head of the ranking, with a score of 91 points, followed by Finland (90 points) and Sweden (89 points). North Korea and Somalia are at the bottom with eight points each.     

(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor L. Alcaza)