Justice Minister Radu Marinescu said on Saturday that a magistrate has the responsibility to speak openly about possible problems in the justice system, so that they can be known and corrected.
"I believe judges or prosecutors, when they chose this profession, are aware of the fact that they will have to act in more difficult situations, of responsibility; they have to investigate certain people, who may be dangerous, as prosecutors. You have to judge certain cases that are complex, with social impact or dangerous. You have to have the courage to do your profession fully, because that's why you chose to be a magistrate. I don't think that a person who chooses such a career and exercises it properly does not have the courage to talk about some problems in the system, whether it is a delegation, a secondment, an impediment to occupy a position. These things must be said. (...) Speaking strictly in principle, judges or prosecutors who have the responsibility to solve particularly important cases also have the responsibility to talk openly about some problems in the judiciary, so that we know them and can correct them," the minister told Prima TV private broadcaster, agerpres reports.
On the other hand, he said that since he took over the office of the justice minister, he has not received notifications from magistrates regarding abuses or dysfunctions of this kind.
"Since I took over the office of justice minister, I have not received notifications from magistrates, in the sense that they would be victims of abuses or that they would be prevented from capitalising on their professional experience, from occupying professional positions. They have not mentioned any dysfunctions in the system. Which, of course, does not mean that we do not carry out analyses within the limits of our competences, into the functioning of the system, into the way in which the laws of justice are applied. There are evaluations that are also sent to the European Commission. There is a whole mechanism that works in this regard, to assess how the judiciary works. But concretely, we did not receive any specific notification(...)" said Marinescu.
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