Romania struggling in fight against corruption

In Romania five politicians, some of them high-ranking, have been convicted of corruption in the first three months of this year. But the weekly Revista 22 still calls on the controlling bodies of government authorities in particular to do a better job: "Party financing and election campaigns remain a grey area. After each campaign non-government organisations conclude that much more money has been spent than was available. As long as everyone joins in the controlling bodies sympathetically turn a blind eye and act as if it was useless to take any action. … But to leave it up to the judiciary to control party financing and all other areas is the wrong approach. … It has limited resources and can't investigate all cases of violations of the law. … Nor is there always sufficient evidence to support their cases. … But all this weighs down on the national budget, so it's the citizens who lose out in the end."

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