The draft law for putting in agreement the provisions of the criminal codes with the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) decisions will be sent for public debate and parliamentary procedure, Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said on Wednesday, reiterating that he would not set a threshold for the abuse of office.
"I know very well the content and the reasons backing the Constitutional Court decisions referring to the abuse of office, because I was still a judge then. I know very well the elements under consideration of the decisions, because I participated in their draw-up, correction and, finally, release. The objective I assumed on the Government's behalf [...] is to translate the CCR decisions into the Criminal Code, the Criminal Procedure Code. [...] I will send out the draft law without a threshold, because, in the body of the Court decision, the threshold isn't mentioned. [...] The draft law [...] will be sent to public debate and parliamentary procedure, it will not be an ordinance. It will go through the judiciary committees. [...] When it reaches the place where it meets Mr Minister Iordache he [...] can intervene, in the limit of the constitutional prerogatives, on the text of the law, because we are initiators, and they are the decision-makers," Toader told a press conference.
He pointed out that the changes to the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code are strictly aimed at putting into agreement their content to the CCR decisions.
"We drew up the bill on the modification of the Criminal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code in order to put in agreement the two codes with the CCR decisions. The modifications to the two codes are strictly aimed at [...] putting into agreement the codes with the CCR decisions, nothing more, nothing less. [...] We'll continue [...] with the draw-up of other draft laws, I don't think there will be only one, for putting into agreement the entire legislation [...] with the CCR decisions, be them decisions of admission or rejection," the Minister said.
Toader announced that the package of laws for justice is being worked on.
"We are working on the package of laws for justice. We have our draft, we have points of view from a great part of the involved authorities, that must issue an opinion in the draw-up procedure of the justice legislation. We are also expecting the CSM [Superior Council of Magistrates] proposals. As soon as we get them, we send the bill to public debate, in parliamentary procedure," Toader added.
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