01/12/2011
Even this year, as a repeated refrain, Albania remains very corrupted. Our country is even ranked eight places lower than last year. If in 2010 Albania was the 87th of 183 countries, with a 3.3 evaluation mark, this year goes to the 95th place, with 3.1 points.
In other words, Albania is ranked next to last in our region and leaves behind only Kosovo and Moldova, both of them in the last place. However, Albania is not the only country in western Balkan where there has been a visible decreases. Except Montenegro, which had an increase from 3.7 to 4 points, Croatia has had a slight decrease, getting equal with Montenegro. New Zealand is the first country for this year, with 9.5 points, followed by Denmark and Finland with 9.4%, then Sweden, Singapore and Norway.
In total, Transparency International evaluates that corruption continues to be destructive in many countries throughout the world. The organization says that 2011 is the year of governing crises, underlining that protest all over the world were an indicator of the people’s anger against corruption, encouraged by the lack of political stability and obvious perceptions of the citizens about the lack of transparency of their leaders and public institutions.
How is corruption being fought in Albania, so that the public perception changes for good? According to TI, the political commitments must turn into serious reforms. Removing immunity for high-rank officials, MPs, Ministers, prosecutors and judges would make everyone equal in front of the law.
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