President Nicusor Dan said that the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR)'s decision on the declarations of assets is "in contradiction with an essential principle of democracy - transparency in the exercise of public office".
"Citizens' access to information on the declarations of assets of public officials is a guarantee of integrity and accountability in the public sphere, and this principle must be firmly defended. If technical shortcomings under the current legislative framework are identified in the reasoning of the decision identify, it is Parliament's responsibility to correct them promptly," the head of state wrote on Thursday evening on Facebook, Thursday evening.
The Constitutional Court decided that the declarations of assets and interests should no longer be published on the website of the National Integrity Agency nor on the online pages of other public institutions, and that these declarations should no longer include the income and assets of spouses and children.
According to a press release issued on Thursday, by a majority of votes, the CCR declared unconstitutional art.3 paragraph (2) of Law 176/2010, which reads as follows: "The declarations of wealth shall be drawn up on one's own responsibility and shall include the rights and obligations of the declarant, of the spouse, and of the dependent children, according to Annex no. 1".
As a result of this decision, which is final, the declarations of assets to be submitted to the National Integrity Agency no longer have to include the assets of spouses and children.
Moreover, by a majority of votes, two other articles of Law 176/2010 were declared unconstitutional, which refer to the publication on the ANI website of the declarations of assets and interests.
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