Georgiana Teodorescu (gold), about the CCR's decision: “Transparency is not optional in a democratic state. It is an obligation”
MEP Gold Georgiana Teodorescu Photo: Inquam Photos / Mălina Norocea
Gold MEP Georgiana Teodorescu states that the decision of the Constitutional Court on the secretization of wealth statements is “scandalous, undermines years of efforts for transparency and integrity in public life” and can translate into “free to public money,” informs Agerpres.
“The same CCR judges who canceled the elections only for Nicuşor Dan to be imposed president, now come with a new blow to democracy: secreting wealth statements. It is a scandalous decision, which undermines years of efforts for transparency and integrity in public life. Wealth: 'Let's get rid of this stupidity with the statements of wealth put in public', ”said the MEP, according to a press release sent on Thursday.
According to Georgian Teodorescu, the Constitutional Court did not defend the interests of the citizens by this decision, but “defended the interests of those who want to steal in peace.”
“How do we fight against corruption when the declarations of wealth are hidden? How can the press still discover conflicts of interest or unjustified assets? The answer is simple: it can no longer. The National Integrity Agency does not have the resources to check over one million statements. Only the public exposure made them efficiently analyzable. Moreover, years will warn us that Romania risks the international. In order to enter the EU, Romania had to legislate the transparency of wealth statements.
Statements of wealth and interests should not include the goods and revenues of the spouses, the CCR decided. Was declared unconstitutional and the article that provides for the publication on ANI-Document / Explanations of the Court and Reactions
The Constitutional Court has decided that the statements of wealth and interests should no longer be published on the website of the National Integrity Agency, nor on the online pages of other public institutions, and these statements no longer have to include the revenues and goods of the spouses and children.
According to a statement sent on Thursday, with a majority of votes, the RCC declared unconstitutional art.3 paragraph (2) of Law no. 176/2010, with the following content: “The declarations of wealth are drawn up on their own responsibility and include the rights and obligations of the declarant, of the husband/wife, as well as of the children in maintenance, according to the annex no.
As a result of this decision, which is final, the declarations of wealth that are submitted to the National Integrity Agency no longer have to include the goods of the spouses and children.
Also, with a majority of votes, two other articles of Law 176/2010 were declared unconstitutional, which refers to the publication on the website of wealth and interests.
