JusMinToader on the CVM progress report: It mentions legislative solutions still under debate, no regression

The report from the European Commission on progress in Romania with judicial reform under the Co-operation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) also mentions projects still under debate, and those on amending justice legislation, but it is important that no regression has been found, Justice Minister Tudorel Toader said on Wednesday. 

"With regard to the first recommendation on the appointment of top prosecutors, the commission mentions the bill amending justice legislation, which has undergone the first stage of the legislative, parliamentary procedure. Therefore, the report mentions legislative solutions that are still under consideration, even in the early stage of parliamentary debates, meaning in a non-final form and, consequently, not applicable legislative solutions (...) Only the final form of the law produces legal effects; only the final form of the law that is published in the Official Journal will allow us to assess the effects of the provisions in the bill amending justice legislation on judicial independence. At the current stage, the mention only does a positioning, concern, and does not regard the merits, because once again we are talking about bills that have not passed even the first reading," Toader said at a news conference. 

He added that that during the CVM monitoring there were also moments of stagnation, but also irreversible developments, but the most important thing is that there was no regression. 

"This CVM has been in place for ten years. It is a lasting process with recommendations that have been changed in time. Clearly, in a decade of monitoring, the commission has seen irreversible developments in all its reports. If you mean moments of stagnation, there have been some in the course of this decade and obvious ones. What's important is that there have been no regressions, that the irreversible nature has been preserved, and there is progress toward meeting all of the 12 recommendations," said Toader. AGERPRES .