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PM Ciolos : endemic poverty is the result of corruption
Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos said Tuesday that endemic poverty is the result of corruption and the way the public resources are allocated.
"As far as I am concerned, endemic poverty is first of all the result of corruption, of our way of using and steering public or private resources when they are steered by public administrations to generate sustainable development. When I say sustainable development, I do not mean necessarily the environment, but the consistency of the measures we take," Ciolos told a debate on an anti-poverty legislative package at the Government House.
He said that in order to alleviate poverty, citizens' behaviour will have to change.
"When we say we want to alleviate poverty we must first of all think about our behaviour as well, the fact that as long as we cannot overcome a behaviour that nourishes corruption we cannot alleviate poverty in a structured manner. As long as we contemplate social policies only that allow the chronically poor to barely meet both ends meet from social security benefits that are almost bidden during the election campaign - as who gives more - as long as we live with the impression that only by social security benefits can we solve problems, we cannot talk about viable solutions. (...) Unfortunately, changing mentalities cannot be achieved by issuing an emergency ordinance of a law, as it takes a lot of hardworking, but I believe our attitude, the attitude of those committed to changing the attitude of the entire society, is important," said Ciolos.
Ciolos attended a conference on social inclusion and an anti-poverty package