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Head of justice laws' special committee, Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Florin Iordache of the Social Democratic Party (ruling PSD) specified on Monday that setting up a Directorate for the Investigation of Criminal Offenses of Judges and Prosecutors is intended to take the pressure off judges.
He said that such a department "is intended to take the pressure off judges."
"For judges not to be under so much pressure, be it during the trial phase, or during the ruling phase or when solutions are being passed, it is a good thing that such a division exists under the subordination of the Prosecutor General. (...) You have envisaged certain arguments, we have envisaged some other arguments. We, upon debates, have taken into account all observations and following the vote expressed, we considered that it is a good thing this directorate was set up. It has been clearly established from the beginning the prosecutors' statute and all we did was copy from the Constitution what the prosecutor's statute means and as to what Law no. 304 represents, we mentioned that "rationality" which only eliminates potential refutation of solutions one prosecutor or another might receive in court. Bearing in mind that the prosecutors are hierarchically subordinated, there is that independence in relation to the case, to the solution, but lawfulness and rationality allow the hierarchical leader to intervene," Florin Iordache further explained in Parliament.
The special parliamentary committee for the Justice laws approved on Monday the report on the amendment draft of the judicial organisation law, due to enter debate in the Chamber of Deputies' plenary.
One of the main modifications adopted by the committee was the setting up of a Directorate for the Investigation of Criminal Offenses of Judges and Prosecutors. This department will start its activity in six months' time from the law's entry into force.
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