Justice not punishing officials

During an interview for Top Channel, the HIDAA director, Adriatik Llalla, declared that impunity has made corrupted officials untouchable.

“A big concern for us is that most of the cases that we report to the Prosecution, have been suspended by courts. This has made corrupted officials untouchable, obliging them go above the law and common citizens”, Llalla declared.

Llalla also revealed the most used scheme by corrupted officials for concealing their assets:

“A great concern is the fact that corrupted officials hide their assets by putting it under the names of people related to them. The law must oblige the persons related to officials to declare their assets too. All illegal assets are concealed through family relatives or close friends”, Llalla declared.

According to Llalla, assets under the names of persons related to corrupted officials has turned into a phenomenon:

“Bribes are mainly made in cash, like gifts or loans, which brings the need for amending the current law. The gifts and loans phenomenon is extending, and our legal inability to take punitive measures have made them avoid legal responsibilities”, Llalla declared.

Although the draft-law for strengthening the inspection legal mechanisms against the people related with the corrupted officials was brought almost one year ago, it has not been discussed in Parliament yet.

However, Llalla sees as a positive novelty the fact that citizens have started to make more reports in the free number 0800-9999 for their suspicions on officials who conceal their wealth or that have conflict of interest.

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