Source: Blic
In recently published index of economic freedoms „Heritage Foundation“ and „Wall Street Journal“, ranking 157 states, our country with only few of them hasn't been ranked at all. In case of DR Congo, Iraq and Sudan it is clear that the reason for lack of ranking is that they are in extremely difficult political circumstances, strangled with clashes, in conditions where the system is practically not functioning. Therefore, of course, it isn't flattering or desirable to remain non-ranked together with those countries (with already yesterday's neighbors from Montenegro).However, due to boiling atmosphere, this lack of ranking has in our public passed almost unnoticed. In the same way, as a reason for that has been marked - lack of reliable information.
A pity, because otherwise it is about warning on two important things. About the necessity to adopt standards of modern, informatics society and about the benefits from anti-corruption experiences of others. In order to add to economic activities of others and to eliminate potential doubts into one's own, the government has to make available to the public much more information than it does. It is bad when the shadow of doubt falls on some capital public transaction, but it is much worse when this is neither confirmed nor denied. State of overall doubt in everything and all can have devastating consequences for a society, and it is necessary to eliminate the reasons leading to such state of affairs. And is it disputable that the main reason is exactly - lack of reliable information.
The author is Rodoljub Sabic, Commissioner for Information
