Romania, Corruption and Justice
By Trevin Wax on Jan 22, 2008 in Reaching Romania | 
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Much of what plagues Romania is corruption in every aspect of life.
People all talk as if they are against corruption, but they do things unintentionally that feed the corrupt mindset that exists. It was always amazing to me to see how people condemned the corruption in government and how they condemned all that was going on in others, but often didn’t see the corruption of their own actions.
The little old village lady who needs to see a doctor goes to the hospital, and when she meets the receptionist, she gives her a bottle of coke and a candy bar, to bribe the receptionist to do her job. Then she gets back to the doctor and must give him something too, on top of the standard price for the services offered. The little old lady doesn’t mean to do anything wrong. This is what she knows. It’s the way she’s always been brought up. To get something done and accomplished, you have to give someone a perk. There’s no other way to get “justice.”
And there’s where the problem lies. Even in obtaining “justice,” corruption takes place, which makes true justice all the more elusive.
It is difficult to live with this mentality, and often difficult to function in Romania without it. So I am not judging the Romanians for taking part in these actions. It is a society that in many ways could not currently function without it.
Romania will only grow in the future if the younger generations learn how to do business with integrity and purity of motives. I’m afraid those generations might still be far off.
I met one man in a train compartment, someone close to my age, who told me point blank that he cheats people that come to his store. When I asked him how he could live with that on his conscience, he said, “Hey, if you don’t cheat people, you can’t survive. I know some other guy is cheating me, so I’ll cheat the next guy, and he’ll cheat the guy after that.” It’s not hard to understand how quickly corruption spreads.
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Your bottom text, “Some other guy is cheating me, so I’ll cheat the next guy…” reminded me of the Andy Griffith episode where Opie got in trouble for deceitfully trading something (he didn’t disclose something about the toy or something). Later in the episode Andy tried to sell his house but did not disclose to the potential buyer about a leak. Opie keeps interrupting and after the buyer leaves, Andy explains to Opie that when he bought the house it had things wrong with it that weren’t disclosed to him and he’s just continuing the process. Naturally Andy sees the error of his way through Opie asking how what he’s doing is different from Opie cheating on the toy trade.
-Chuck
Chuck | Jan 23, 2008 | Reply
one page of coruption in justice country Romania Countye Dolj (CRAIOVA)
FATALITY, MAXIME CORUPTION I SEE
JUDE, OF MARIAGE AND BANDIT,,,
POLITIA FREND”S FOR BANDIT”S
AGRESSIVE CORUPTION,, HELP FOR PUR PEOPLES INDIGENS.
Corruption within the Romanian public sector has long been a problem, not and anti-corruption initiatives have mosttly come from international donor agenties. A lack of political will couples nepotism, and informal agreements between political parties to share revenues from key public institutions is seen as the main constraint for initiating an effective fight agains corruption.
Law enforcement in Craiova,has not efectively prosecute criminals is dificult because members of the cartels have infiltrated and corrupted the laws enforcement organizations that are supposed to prosecute them sush as the office of the ” CURTEA DE APEL”
Jeferson-Florin | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply