Za nesystémové označil protikrízové kroky vlády v uplynulom
roku Richard Ďurana z INESS. TASR priniesla dňa 13.5. 2010 v anglickom
jazyku správu z tlačovej konferencie pri príležitosti uvedenie Súhrnnej
správy o stave spoločnosti za rok 2009 do života.
Bratislava, May 13 (TASR) – The current Government has worsened the
situation in Slovakia since it was sworn in four years ago, according to a
Summary Report on State of Society in Slovakia 2009 presented by the Institute
for Public Affairs (IVO) on Thursday.
"It was the rule of non-liberal populists in conditions of liberal
democracy which influenced the quality of the democratic environment in drawing
up legislation," said IVO president Grigorij Meseznikov.
Over the past four years, Slovakia hasn’t moved forward, said Meseznikov,
claiming that, overall, the period has been more about sustained problems from
the past. Inherited problems have deepened, and opportunities for moving the
country forward haven’t been utilised," said Meseznikov.
IVO’s Martin Butora (former ambassador to the U.S.) pointed out that several
opportunities to do something about the Roma issue have been wasted. In the
sphere of corruption, the Government has produced only words but no deeds, he
added.
Maria Kolikova, author of the chapter on the judiciary, stressed that this
sphere has recorded a steep decline, with judges being persecuted for
formulating their opinion on the state of judiciary. She emphasised that if the
impartiality of judiciary is in doubt, the state based on the principle of law
is in peril.
INESS (Institute of Economic and Social Studies) economist Richard Durana is
his report says that the economy has grown over the past four years, but it has
been rather due to the fact that the Cabinet didn’t backslide on the reforms
introduced by the previous Mikulas Dzurinda-led government. At the same time,
the pension system has been weakened by non-systematic measures, he claimed.
Also in the study, media expert Miroslav Kollar lambasts the Culture
Ministry for making the public-service Slovak Television (STV) too subservient
to the governing Coalition.
Director of the Government Office’s Press Department Brano Ondrus said in
response to IVO’s conclusions that the report is a figment of a group of people
who don’t even try to hide their unobjective and biased attitude towards the
current Government. "Many of their assessments completely ignore reality,
so the contents of the report are not suprising at all, given that IVO has long
been manifesting itself as an ideological and propaganda centre of (opposition
party) SDKU-DS," Ondrus told TASR.
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