Presidential advisor Ludovic Orban claimed on Monday that there is no legal or political reason for the current Executive not to continue its activity, noting that he is "outraged" by the CCR's decision regarding magistrates' pensions.
"There is no constitutional, legal or political reason for this Government not to continue its activity and I believe that it is good for this Government to continue its activity because, I repeat, we are at an extremely important moment in which reform measures must be adopted at the level of central and local administration, the necessary restructuring, cost reductions, because we are facing a year 2026 in which we will have to achieve another objective that is agreed in negotiations with our partners - a 6% objective (budget deficit - ed. n)", Orban said on Digi 24.
He stated that he had not spoken to President Nicusor Dan until the moment of his intervention.
"There is no constitutional basis anywhere in the Constitution to declare this law unconstitutional. Not even the extrinsic criticism, namely that there was not enough time for the SCM to give its opinion. Let's be serious, if we look at the data, we see that a period of 30 days has passed. (...) To declare a law unconstitutional because there was not enough time to give its opinion seems downright ridiculous to me, it's like looking for a pretext to declare a law unconstitutional," commented Ludovic Orban.
The presidential advisor said he hoped for a "change of approach" at the CCR.
"However, I hoped that, with the new appointments of judges to the Constitutional Court, there would be a change in approach. Unfortunately, I see that there are a majority of those who do not want to take into account common sense, normality, respect for the citizen and who (...) cling to any kind of motivation to preserve some obvious privileges," Orban added.
He explained that at this point it is "premature" to make a decision on what to do next until the CCR's reasoning appears and until it is known precisely what the grounds were for which the referral to the High Court of Cassation and Justice was admitted.
The Constitutional Court of Romania admitted, on Monday, the complaint filed by the High Court of Cassation of Justice regarding the law on magistrates' pensions, for which the Government has undertaken its responsibility in Parliament, and established that the normative act is unconstitutional, CCR officials stated for AGERPRES.
At the beginning of September, the United Sections of the High Court of Cassation of Justice decided to refer the matter to the Constitutional Court of Romania regarding the law on magistrates' service pensions.
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