Standarde de integritate privind aleşii locali. Regimul juridic al incompatibilităţilor

Abstract

The article refers to the problem of incompatibilities of local officials in the Romanian society, in light of the EU Anticorruption Report (2014) and the findings of the last CVM Report on Romania (2015). These reports emphasize that corruption risk factors at local level are mostly related to public procurement and imply local officials. In this respect, recent attempts of changing the integrity legal framework by the Parliament put serious questions regarding political support of curbing corruption strategies and public policies. The study focuses upon analysing the consequences of these legal amendments of the integrity framework. As a consequence, the article’s findings answer the question related to alleged need of a legislation change. Also, the article analizes the most recent constitutional jurisprudence and the jurisprudence of the High Court of Cassation and Justice in order to highlight general patterns and the most important principles of interpretation and application of the integrity legal framework. Conclusions propose solutions in terms of raising the standards of public integrity and assuring stability of the integrity framework.