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I could give evidence in court if i had the opportunity. Everyone knows it, but in Romania people prefer not to talk about it - apparently thats unpatriotic. Al
by trumbler 6y ago
I could give evidence in court if i had the opportunity. Everyone knows it, but in Romania people prefer not to talk about it - apparently thats unpatriotic. Almost every building project in that city is a result of bribery to allow sub par quality. Down town restaurant regularly pay bribe to health and safety inspectors. Public hospital doctors take bribe or they will let you die. And so on. Office workers may be ignorant of these facts but pretty much any honest business owner will tell you this. The city looks good, compared to the rest of Romania. Want to buy a property, Just declare a low value and pay the rest under the table. There are people who meant to recover communist confiscated land - the mayor’s friends have made sure that judges push trials so far in the future that the right to do so expires, and the list goes on. But hey gotta make it look good for foreign investors so they can bring over outsourcing jobs.
- wastedhours 6y agoI mean, the bribery is common, but wouldn't have expected Cluj to be much worse than any other city (and seems to actually be better than many others). I've also seen plenty of people talking about the corruption, although less about the local companies and more about the ravaging of the forests by Austrian and German logging companies (but not really from a patriotic angle).
- fenesiistvan 6y agoI think that this is a very naive view. Corruption is everywhere, at all levels (and not only in RO)
- trumbler 6y agoyup - they all say “it happens everywhere” as if that makes it ok. yet corruption in romania js at such a scale i am surprised it is a member of the eu. most west europeans would be amazed at what their money is spent on through eu funding.
- wastedhours 6y agoNot sure how it's naive? Literally saying there's corruption everywhere, it's just not worse in one city isn't especially naive...
- trumbler 6y agoyeah what happened few years ago is romanians voted in a nationalist government. its infamously corrupt media owning friends started to promote the idea that corruption is not as bad as it seems and not worse than in germany or france. yet i will take anyone posting here on a tour to see corruption on a scale you have never seen before - almost as if it were by design - to support my claims.
- wastedhours 6y agoI'm not claiming that it's not worse in RO (undoubtedly is), but that Cluj isn't a particular hotspot compared to the rest.