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The Minister of Justice, Catalin Predoiu, stated on Friday that it is "very grave" and "inadmissible" for the court's decision to suspend the strike at the Bucharest Transport Company (STB) to be ignored, claiming that "everybody should shut up and implement Justice's decision."
"Very grave, because this means ignoring the law, but also Justice and this should have people thinking, from judges to prosecutors to MPs. Until where do we go with ignoring the law in this country? What do we need to do urgently to regain confidence in the law and in Justice? Because when we say law everybody should align, when we say Justice everybody should shut up and implement the decisions of Justice. It's a lack of confidence, to which almost everyone contributed. And that's why I believe everyone has to work in this direction. As for the rest, sure, they're institutions, let them do their job. I didn't allow myself, at any cost, including political, to ignore a court decision. In the absence of this principle - of respecting court decisions - everything slowly, slowly is turning to chaos. (...) It's inadmissible," said Predoiu, in a press conference answering a question regarding the ongoing strike at the STB, although the Bucharest Tribunal ordered the protest suspended in a decision rendered on Thursday.
The prosecutors with the Prosecutor's Office attached to the District 3 Bucharest Courthouse have opened a criminal investigation in relation to the strike organized by the employees of the Bucharest Transport Company, Agerpres informs.
