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The Romanian magistrates will organize protests according to a Polish model, judge Cristi Danilet announced on RFI on Thursday in the context of the new emergency ordinance on the laws of justice.
"We did not need changes to the laws of justice, neither through the laws passed in Parliament nor through OUG (Emergency Ordinance, ed.n.). But what is happening at the moment only confirms the magistrates' concerns - namely that the laws were put together in a hurry, the laws were poorly conceived, they have led to ineffective aspects in some courts and prosecutors' offices, the laws have major issues when it comes to observing international standards, and here, they must be corrected by Ordinance. However, the Government does not merely amend the imperfect laws of Parliament, but the Government is also taking other measures to strengthen its control over the judiciary, and we cannot accept that, which is why you will see the judges and prosecutors protesting not only through press releases and going out in front of the courts of justice, but even by suspending the activity, starting next week," said the judge.
Danilet specified that some judges and prosecutors will be in the courtroom only for urgent cases, more precisely for the cases with detainees, and will find reasons for the other cases not to enter the courtroom.
According to the judge, there may also be blockages on the administrative and procedural lines at the top of the justice institutions.
The Government adopted on Tuesday an emergency ordinance amending the laws of Justice, which refers, among other things, to delegations in high-level positions within the Public Ministry, Minister Tudorel Toader announced.
