Justice reform as the battleground for genuine democratic transformation in Moldova: Insights for the Eastern Partnership
The euphoria felt by both domestic and foreign liberal audiences following the victory of a pro-reform party in Moldova is now receding. The new Moldovan leadership has stumbled in fulfilling its main electoral promise, namely to fight corruption by effectively reforming the justice system. There is a growing realisation that justice reform initiated and conducted with Western support over the last decade, and based on the implementation of existing best practices, might not be the most effective approach considering Moldova's conditions. With corrupt courts and a public prosecutor office that is still connected to former kleptocrats, Moldova is a model weak state. A more suitable approach to justice reform would be to first establish prerequisites that would lead to the impartiality of the legal system before granting it political independence. This may also prove a more suitable model of justice reform for other Eastern Partnership countries undermined by strongmen and tycoons.
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2022
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Authors: | Minzarari, Dumitru |
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Berlin : Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) |
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Series: | SWP Comment ; 27/2022 |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Type of publication (narrower categories): | Research Report |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 10.18449/2022C27 [DOI] 1799008371 [GVK] hdl:10419/256750 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:swpcom:272022 [RePEc] |
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197212
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