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First report on "Transparency - Zero Corruption" project on corruption in key segments of social living
 Skopje, October 7 (MIA) - "Transparency – Zero Corruption" is working on the project "Permanent Anti-Corruption monitoring of the key priorities in the EU Pre-Accession process for the Republic of Macedonia" which is financially supported by the Norwegian Government.
Project is supported by the Macedonian Government, delegation of the European Commission, the Parliament, business sector, thru representatives in the steering committee from this project.
The goal of the project is to establish system of permanent corruption monitoring in key segments of the social living, expressed through key priorities and conditions that Macedonia should meet aimed at starting EU entry talks.
"Transparency – Zero Corruption" informs during last month 7 different questionnaires were prepared for the needs of this project including topics on political dialog, implementation of the law on police, comparison on the anti corruption legislation, public sector reforms, public administration reforms, reforms in the judiciary system, employment policy comparison and business environment enhancement.
In the first report that "Transparency - Zero Corruption" launched focus group participants concluded that in the Republic of Macedonia the division of power exists in the Constitution and laws, but independency of all three branches is not clearly defined and separated. Thus, focus group thought that here is a need to adopt additional laws as for example the law for the parliament, for the president, etc. There is a strong influence by the executive power on the other two branches of power.
Regarding the implementation of the Law of Police focus group participants considered that the law has been created to serve the political elites. - There is no true decentralization of police powers even though the law itself envisages it. Municipalities are still weak; they lack funds and resources to properly carry out this decentralization, reads the report.
This group was also of the opinion that division among three branches of power de jure exists, however in practice it is different. There is a tendency of the executive power to be superior over legislative and judiciary branches. The unclear legislation itself creates a lot of interferences and confusion for not having the division of power. Additionally, the local government has to be separated from central government. This is very important in order to achieve efficient fight against corruption, reads the report.
Focus group participants considered that the prevention and fight against corruption is believed to be only the task of the Commission for fight against corruption even though there are other institutions responsible for assisting in fight against corruption such are the prosecution the financial police, etc. All institutions mentioned lack the capacity to support the fight against corruption. The Law for prevention of corruption itself guarantees high level of efficient fight against corruption and it removes the taboo of corruption phenomena, still, the general opinion is that Commission for fight against corruption is not doing enough in implementing its provisions.
The first report on reform of the judiciary reads that the constitution and laws envisage the separation of powers, but in practice it is different. No proper reforms of judiciary can be done without removing the executive power’s influence. Thus in order to create true division of powers and independent judiciary, it is very important how judges are selected.
In regard to the reform of the public administration focus group was of the same opinion that relation between state and local government is not well defined. There is a lack of understanding the local government as a subsystem, causing mixing of the authorities on vertical and horizontal level.
The focus group was of the opinion that there is no clear separation of powers, pointing out that the executive power has the supremacy of the other two and the judiciary as such is still not at the level to assist the business sector. The private initiative is suspended due to unsolved debt cases in the court. There is also an opinion that political influence is present in court cases business related.
The participants were of the opinion that there is lack of cooperation in adopting legislation related to the business performances and climate. The law for employment relations has been adopted without any discussion. Initiatives to make a comment or suggestion related to a legal proposal are not welcomed.
The report also reads that there is a need to professionalize the administration and to make it independent and unbiased in order to be able to bring decisions according to the laws and regulations.
Regarding the unemployment rate it has been unanimously agreed that there are no unemployed people in the Republic of Macedonia. The belief is that everyone is employed but they are not reported. Most of the small businesses or individuals that are difficult to control are working in black and gray markets. There is a need that the government makes more accurate list of the people that are looking for a job.
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