{"id":449393,"date":"2021-05-08T12:52:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-08T12:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=449393"},"modified":"2021-05-08T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-08T13:01:07","slug":"study-what-is-the-reaction-of-authorities-to-journalistic-investigations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/study-what-is-the-reaction-of-authorities-to-journalistic-investigations\/","title":{"rendered":"Study\/\/ What is the reaction of authorities to journalistic investigations?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

“People expect logical consequences when they see cases of undeclared assets, conflicts of interest, protectionism or proof of certain acts of corruption in the press. Appropriate reaction of authorities is expected even more when the country has commitments in the field of promoting integrity and fighting corruption. The Republic of Moldova has made such commitments. Still, real and effective actions to ensure the proper functioning of most public institutions as a result of eliminating corrupt elements are not very visible,”<\/em> it is mentioned in the study<\/a> “Reaction of authorities to journalistic investigations into cases of integrity issues and corruption”<\/strong><\/em> launched\u00a0 during an online event organized by the Association of Independent Press<\/strong> and Transparency International Moldova<\/strong> on May 5.<\/p>\n

The current study is the third published study after those conducted in 2017 and 2019. All of them aimed to observe the way authorities take into account, verify and sanction the facts described in various journalistic investigations. Another purpose was to monitor persons mentioned in the investigations, in order to see if integrity issues reported by journalists were taken into account when they were promoted or moved to another position.<\/p>\n

The 2021 study includes 19 monitored investigations, published between August 2019 and December 2020 by media institutions specialized in conducting investigations in the field of integrity, corruption and organised crime (RISE Moldova, Investigative Journalism Center of Moldova, Ziarul de Garda, MoldovaCurata.md), as well as contains a retrospective of the authorities’ reactions as a consequence of 10 investigations published in the last 5 years.<\/p>\n

Study insights<\/h3>\n

First of all, the investigations monitored in the study were followed by a reaction from either National Integrity Authority (NIA) – as most of the facts described in the monitored investigations concerned assets and conflicts of interest, which fall within the NIA scope of
\ncompetence – or other state institutions. The study showed that state authorities were lastly more keen to react to investigations and initiate controls, as compared to 2017 and 2019. In 2017, when 32 investigations were monitored, the percentage of cases with lack of reaction from state institutions was 26%<\/strong>. In 2019, out of the 26 monitored investigations the percentage of non-response cases was 42.3%<\/strong>. In the present study, which includes 19 monitored investigations, the percentage of cases with no reaction was 0%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The results of introduced controls have been not fruitful yet. Of the 19 controls, 10 are still ongoing, 2 – rejected, 3 confirmed the facts stated in the investigations and 1 resulted in an ongoing criminal case.<\/p>\n

Only 3 persons targeted in the monitored investigations became subjects of criminal cases.<\/span> One person out of 3 was prosecuted directly for the facts described in the investigation, following a complaint filed by a third party. Moreover, “the results continue to indicate a certain degree of tolerance of institutions whose employees are targeted in journalistic investigations as having integrity issues,”<\/em> is mentioned in the study. As compared to previous studies, no cases of promotion of persons with integrity problems were recorded (8 cases in 2017 and 2 cases in 2019). Still, out of 19 documented investigations, there was only one resignation for the reasons described in the investigation. That happened<\/span><\/span> only after state institutions put pressure on the concerned institution. Also, there were 2 cases when the mentioned people resigned for other reasons than the accusations stated in the investigations.<\/p>\n

“There is a perception that journalists conduct good investigations and nothing happens after that,”<\/em> Viorica Zaharia<\/strong>, the second author, said. According to the author, the lack of authorities’ reaction discredit the institutions in charge of control and penalty, as well as media institutions that publish investigations. “We hope that through these studies, more pressure will be put on the authorities to pay more attention to journalistic investigations into conflict of interests, public procurement, assets that exceed the declared income, and so on,”<\/em> mentioned Viorica Zaharia at the presentation event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: Volodymyr Hryshchenko| Unsplash<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>“People expect logical consequences when they see cases of undeclared assets, conflicts of interest, protectionism or proof of certain acts of corruption in the press. Appropriate reaction of authorities is expected even more when the country has commitments in the field of promoting integrity and fighting corruption. The Republic of Moldova has made such commitments. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":449394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,12,3,4,56],"tags":[612,35,1041,312,162,27,677,1042],"class_list":["post-449393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous","category-opinion","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","tag-authorities","tag-important","tag-investigations","tag-journalism","tag-justice","tag-moldova","tag-politicians","tag-reaction"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

“People expect logical consequences when they see cases of undeclared assets, conflicts of interest, protectionism or proof of certain acts of corruption in the press. Appropriate reaction of authorities is expected even more when the country has commitments in the field of promoting integrity and fighting corruption. The Republic of Moldova has made such commitments. Still, real and effective actions to ensure the proper functioning of most public institutions as a result of eliminating corrupt elements are not very visible,”<\/em> it is mentioned in the study<\/a> “Reaction of authorities to journalistic investigations into cases of integrity issues and corruption”<\/strong><\/em> launched\u00a0 during an online event organized by the Association of Independent Press<\/strong> and Transparency International Moldova<\/strong> on May 5.<\/p>\n

The current study is the third published study after those conducted in 2017 and 2019. All of them aimed to observe the way authorities take into account, verify and sanction the facts described in various journalistic investigations. Another purpose was to monitor persons mentioned in the investigations, in order to see if integrity issues reported by journalists were taken into account when they were promoted or moved to another position.<\/p>\n

The 2021 study includes 19 monitored investigations, published between August 2019 and December 2020 by media institutions specialized in conducting investigations in the field of integrity, corruption and organised crime (RISE Moldova, Investigative Journalism Center of Moldova, Ziarul de Garda, MoldovaCurata.md), as well as contains a retrospective of the authorities’ reactions as a consequence of 10 investigations published in the last 5 years.<\/p>\n

Study insights<\/h3>\n

First of all, the investigations monitored in the study were followed by a reaction from either National Integrity Authority (NIA) – as most of the facts described in the monitored investigations concerned assets and conflicts of interest, which fall within the NIA scope of
\ncompetence – or other state institutions. The study showed that state authorities were lastly more keen to react to investigations and initiate controls, as compared to 2017 and 2019. In 2017, when 32 investigations were monitored, the percentage of cases with lack of reaction from state institutions was 26%<\/strong>. In 2019, out of the 26 monitored investigations the percentage of non-response cases was 42.3%<\/strong>. In the present study, which includes 19 monitored investigations, the percentage of cases with no reaction was 0%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The results of introduced controls have been not fruitful yet. Of the 19 controls, 10 are still ongoing, 2 – rejected, 3 confirmed the facts stated in the investigations and 1 resulted in an ongoing criminal case.<\/p>\n

Only 3 persons targeted in the monitored investigations became subjects of criminal cases.<\/span> One person out of 3 was prosecuted directly for the facts described in the investigation, following a complaint filed by a third party. Moreover, “the results continue to indicate a certain degree of tolerance of institutions whose employees are targeted in journalistic investigations as having integrity issues,”<\/em> is mentioned in the study. As compared to previous studies, no cases of promotion of persons with integrity problems were recorded (8 cases in 2017 and 2 cases in 2019). Still, out of 19 documented investigations, there was only one resignation for the reasons described in the investigation. That happened<\/span><\/span> only after state institutions put pressure on the concerned institution. Also, there were 2 cases when the mentioned people resigned for other reasons than the accusations stated in the investigations.<\/p>\n

“There is a perception that journalists conduct good investigations and nothing happens after that,”<\/em> Viorica Zaharia<\/strong>, the second author, said. According to the author, the lack of authorities’ reaction discredit the institutions in charge of control and penalty, as well as media institutions that publish investigations. “We hope that through these studies, more pressure will be put on the authorities to pay more attention to journalistic investigations into conflict of interests, public procurement, assets that exceed the declared income, and so on,”<\/em> mentioned Viorica Zaharia at the presentation event<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The study can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Photo: Volodymyr Hryshchenko| Unsplash<\/p>\n

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When looking at the reaction of authorities in the case of 10 investigations published in the last 5 years, it can be observed that the facts described in the investigations had a greater impact on public opinion, but didn’t generate adequate and timely responses from the responsible institutions. Authorities reacted depending on the conjuncture and political reality<\/span>, sometimes long after the publication of investigation. “With regard to investigations involving mismanagement of public money or alienation of public assets, it is extremely rare for those responsible to be brought to justice and for the material damage caused to be recovered.” <\/em>Criminal cases were filed only after the change of government (politicians) or when officials become hostile to people in power (judges, prosecutors), as one of the study authors, Victor Mosneag<\/strong>, noticed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

When looking at the reaction of authorities in the case of 10 investigations published in the last 5 years, it can be observed that the facts described in the investigations had a greater impact on public opinion, but didn’t generate adequate and timely responses from the responsible institutions. Authorities reacted depending on the conjuncture and political reality<\/span>, sometimes long after the publication of investigation. “With regard to investigations involving mismanagement of public money or alienation of public assets, it is extremely rare for those responsible to be brought to justice and for the material damage caused to be recovered.” <\/em>Criminal cases were filed only after the change of government (politicians) or when officials become hostile to people in power (judges, prosecutors), as one of the study authors, Victor Mosneag<\/strong>, noticed<\/a>.<\/p>\n