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DASH official, reservation for Rama / "He comes face to face with the corruption of officials"

2024-06-21 18:49:00, Aktualitet CNA

DASH official, reservation for Rama / "He comes face to face with the

Prime Minister Edi Rama, LSA source

The Global Anti-Corruption Coordinator at the US Department of State, Richard Nephew, expressed reservations about Prime Minister Edi Rama, as he spoke about government officials involved in corruption.

Referring to Rama's statement that responsibility remains individual, he said that when you have several individuals involved in corruption, you must see not only the response to them.

The DASH official emphasized that when corruption issues are identified, it is important to deal with them face to face.

Excerpt from the interview:

VOA: In the last two years, we have seen cases of high-ranking government officials or former government officials who have either been convicted or indicted for corruption. The Prime Minister has always treated this as an individual matter. Technically correct, also because legally the responsibility remains individual. But when we have a considerable number of officials, even former members of the government cabinet, doesn't it seem difficult to believe that responsibility is only a matter of individuals. How do you see this?

Richard Nephew: It is certainly true that corruption is about individuals, individuals who commit offenses that they should not commit. But it is also true that those individuals function within a system. So when you have signs that there are a number of individuals involved in the breach, you need to look not only at how to respond to them.

And that's done by making sure that the judiciary is independent and able to function independently, that prosecutors are able to act independently, but at the same time, that you're making the kinds of system improvements that are needed and that's the reason why international reports and civil society organizations do all that work to identify where these needs are to carry out system improvements and, in Albania, as in many countries, when such issues are identified, it is important to take with them face to face./ CNA