Communiqué of several associations of magistrates regarding the memorandum for the dissolution of the Crime Investigation Section in Justice
Several magistrates’ associations state, in a joint statement, that they took note with consternation of the incomplete and inaccurate content of the Memorandum adopted by the Government, through which the Minister of Justice Cătălin Predoiu proposed to abolish the Crime Investigation Section in Justice. The Association of Magistrates in Romania, the one of the Judges for the Defense of Human Rights, the National Union of Judges and the Association of Prosecutors ask the Orban Government not to misinform and to inform correctly and completely the the European Union Court of Justice on the reasons and arguments for setting up the respective section. The associations say that the situation created by this memorandum is unjustified and, therefore, inadmissible, given that the Constitutional Court has expressly stated that the section constitutes a legal guarantee of the individual independence of the judges. According to the press release, the Memorandum has a clear partisan character, characterized by superficiality and the exact omission of the essential elements that characterize the Section, including the undeniable positive aspects also noted by the Venice Commission./opopescu
The Botoşani police seized tens of kilos of pyrotechnic articles
Botoşani police officers seized about 60 kilograms of pyrotechnic articles, this morning (about 18,000 pieces). They were illegally held by a 45-year-old man and were discovered by police when they searched his home and two cars. An investigation is under way, the man beeing accused of committing illegally operations with pyrotechnic articles./opopescu
The Social-Democratic Party contested the draft of amending the Ordinance 114 to the Constitutional Court
The Social-Democratic Party contested at the Constitutional Court the draft amendment of Ordinance 114, for which the government committed its responsibility last week. The social democrats contest the prohibition of the cumulation of the pension with the salary, but also the fact that the project was promoted even the Ordinance 114 is currently debated in the Parliament. The Constitutional Court will debate the PSD notification on January 29-th./opopescu
