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Lipsic: Corruption and Organised Crime Thrive Under This Government
Wednesday 24 February 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, February 24 (TASR) - Corruption and serious organised crime cases are not being investigated properly, Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) vice-chair (and former justice minister 2002-06) Daniel Lipsic said on Wednesday in Bratislava.
This was Lipsic's reaction to the police statistics presented earlier in the day by Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, according to whom law enforcers are currently enjoying better results in terms of curbing crime than under the former government.
Lipsic counters that the most serious investigated cases of corruption within the current Government's term have been cases like the Slovak Soccer Association official Vladimir Wanke, and Jozef Molnar, a municipal MP for Smer-SD in Devinska Nova Ves district – both accused of bribery-related offences. During the era of previous government meanwhile, Lipsic says corruption cases involving judges, prosecutors and an MP were dealt with.
"After June's parliamentary election, one of top priorities for a new government will be to curb organised crime," said Lipsic. He added that the positive trend in reducing crime has emerged since 2003, mostly by virtue of the Penal Code amendment and stricter punishments that were introduced by the former government.
Lipsic pointed out that the current Government has adopted a negative stance on 'Three Strikes and You're Out' [recidivists who have committed a serious crime for the third time automatically receive a life sentence, which was a policy introduced by the former government - ed. note] and intends to revoke it. "These are the actions of the Government in its 'struggle' against recidivists," said Lipsic.
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