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| THE ROMANIAN JUDICIARY AND THE EUROPEAN REPORT 27/02/2009 |
| (2009-02-27) |
| Last updated: 2009-03-02 12:50 EET |
The reason is obvious. In the interim report on the state of the Romanian judiciary, the European Commission has mentioned delays in the reform process. This assessment is a matter of concern, as it extends the period in which European officials will be monitoring the Romanian judiciary. It is the Higher Council of Magistrates, which over the years has been blamed for showing a passive attitude towards irregularities in the justice system, that has been especially urged to get deeper involved in identifying the weaknesses of the justice system.
This is precisely what the magistrates in the Higher Council have pledged to do in the future, during their annual meeting in the presence of President Traian Basescu, according to a tradition established back in 2005. Until the July report by the European Commission, the Higher Council of Magistrates has undertaken to modernise the inspection system, to adopt new staff selection procedures and to harmonise the judicial practice. The Romanian president criticised the magistrates for only accessing a small part of the funds they had available. What the president finds even more concerning is the personnel shortage in the judicial system. President Basescu:
“It is for the first time that the number of judges and prosecutors has decreased, although more than 200 magistrates enter the system every year. We need to work out some solutions. Probably the public perception of the Romanian judiciary makes many of them leave the system as soon as they can. We must admit that attacking the system indiscriminately and putting the blame on the system as a whole, on all magistrates - most of whom are honest and good judges - makes some of them resign before retirement”.
The president actually alluded to the inflamed media coverage of armed robberies that left behind victims and of conflicts involving gangsters. Handled by authorities with neglect and rather inefficiently, such cases make people no longer trust authorities and suspect them of complicity with the criminals. The latest such events also caught the eye of the European Commission, which for the first time talked about organised crime in Romania. The press warns that Romania thus risks being downgraded to the level of neighbouring Bulgaria, which has been constantly sanctioned in Brussels’ reports for the scope of organised crime there.
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