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Ever since its inauguration, IPP has been perceived as one of the most credible and experienced think tank in the area of electoral process. IPP was an active part of previous processes of revising the Constitution in the Romanian society as much as it was involved in the process of revising the legislation with regards to referendums, various changes of the electoral system including their consequences upon the development of political parties. Our approach puts a serious emphasis on always supporting statements by statistical also historic evaluations of various indicators related to political and electoral reform. One distinctive area of expertise in this very broad field of activity is related to political parties finances where IPP’s experts are very credible and reliable for all party members and authorities.
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Bucharest, June 14, 2009 ■ Taking into account the phenomena during the elections day as well as the worrying absenteeism for European parliamentary elections – Romania being the 24th country out of 27 EU member states in what concerns voters’ turnout – the Institute for Public Policy (IPP) calls Romanian political parties not to abort the responsibility of stimulating debate and deciding in major issues that have generates disputes within this period.
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Bucharest, May 28, 2009 ■ The Romanian Permanent Electoral Authority (PEA) finally purchased the soft for countering citizens’ votes in elections for European Parliament of June 7th. The price of 340,000 Euro without VAT was 3 times cheaper that the initial amount publicly announced by the Authority when planning the aquisition. Two weeks ago, learning about this situation, the Institute for Public Policy from Romania called the Romanian authorities to start investigating PEA’s intention to purchase a soft of 1,000,000 Euro although it had an already paid soft costing 700,000 Euro used during the Parliamentaru elections of November 2008. The difference of characteristics between the two softs were minor. IPP also asked for the dismissal of the Vicepresident of the PEA, Mr. Marian Muhulet as he was responsible for such decision. n Muhuleţ.
Bucharest, June 4, 2009 ■ The Institute for Public Policy is worried about Romanian parties’ lack of capacity and interest to mobilize citizens to vote in the European elections of June, 7. Although this scrutiny should have been the maturity test for the Romanian political class, the estimated turnout of less than 20% is the proof that our parties are on the verge of failing this test.
Since the first free elections of 2009, Romanians’ interest and trust in the power of changing through voting has constantly degraded: if back in the ‘90s, voters’ turnout was of 86%, in 1992 and 1996 it dropped to 76%, then to 65% in 2000, 58% in 2004, 29% in the first European elections of 2007 and finally in 2008 a little over one third of Romanians still voted for the Parliament. If the voters’ turnout continues to drop down with the same pace, we are wondering what is going to happen in the next elections: will all Romanians quit their right to vote as a protest against the actual political class?
Since the first free elections of 2009, Romanians’ interest and trust in the power of changing through voting has constantly degraded: if back in the ‘90s, voters’ turnout was of 86%, in 1992 and 1996 it dropped to 76%, then to 65% in 2000, 58% in 2004, 29% in the first European elections of 2007 and finally in 2008 a little over one third of Romanians still voted for the Parliament. If the voters’ turnout continues to drop down with the same pace, we are wondering what is going to happen in the next elections: will all Romanians quit their right to vote as a protest against the actual political class?
Bucharest, May 14, 2009 ■ The Institute for Public Policy (IPP) is seizing the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate potential abuse against public interest of employees of the Permanent Electoral Authority (PEA), who managed to initiate the procurement procedure for purchasing a software package for centralizing election results, a package that they were already using since 2007, yet are now willing to pay 4 times the price for the same item. At the same time, IPP is requesting Prime-Minister Emil Boc to dismiss the Vicepresident of the Authority – Marian Muhulet, whom is responsible for the procurement of the software, in order to show that the Government cares for public money. In the context of the current crisis, it is mandatory to have an objective and responsible evaluation of the opportunity of procurements engaged by all public institutions, being widely known the fact that such procurements are a substantial source of revenues for many companies which are traditional state clients.
