Representatives of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) believe that by ruling the law on the magistrates' pensions unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) is only defending the "privileged" and inquire what is left of the "legitimacy of the Bolojan Government" which promised "an overhaul of state structures".
"The Constitutional Court judges rejected the elimination of special pensions for magistrates. This is yet another proof that the institution that should be the guarantor of the Romanian Constitution and justice is, in fact, a politicized extension, the long arm of the system controlled by the PSD and PNL, which defends the interests of privileged castes. For almost four months now, Romanians are being lied to with the promise of a 'reform' and with stories about public spending cuts to reduce the budget deficit. What has the so-called reformist coalition achieved so far? Absolutely nothing! Privileges remain untouched and Romanians are put to the pillar of infamy as if they were guilty of draining the state coffers," AUR said in a release on Monday.
The party goes on to note that "the austerity government sent a law to the Constitutional Court that was sloppily drafted, just a smokescreen meant to give the impression that reform was being worked on, when in reality everything was a show of delays and public statements by the government's political strategists."
"Do not imagine that today's decision represents a defiance of the CCR judges against the coalition. On the contrary, the will of the judges is the will of those who appointed them, including the former usurper President Klaus Iohannis and the current President Nicusor Dan. A third of the Court's judges were recently appointed to office with the blessing of the PSD-PNL-USR-UDMR on political criteria, in games behind closed doors, and not based on professional competence. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was proclaiming himself the reformer of the state structures and claimed that the elimination of special pensions would be proof that his government is delivering results and has legitimacy. Following the CCR ruling of today, the special pensions remain in place, so what about the legitimacy of the Bolojan Government? In what European state can a government put together of several parties with a quota of 12%, incapable of changing even one law for the better, remain in power?," AUR inquires, concluding that "the Bolojan Government has proven that it is useless and dilly-dallying at the country's helm."
The Constitutional Court of Romania admitted on Monday the complaint filed by the High Court of Cassation of Justice in connection with the law on the magistrates' pensions, for which the government pledged responsibility in Parliament, and ruled that the regulatory act is unconstitutional, CCR officials said.
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