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| THE NATIONAL INTEGRITY AGENCY LAW(31.05.2007) |
| (2007-05-31) |
| Last updated: 2007-06-01 16:52 EET |
Less than a month since the Romanian Parliament passed the National Integrity Agency law, aimed at verifying the wealth of dignitaries and civil servants, the piece of legislation was modified. This took place through an emergency government ordinance, passed on Wednesday.
The main modification concerns the sums that can trigger the wealth verification procedure. The difference between acquired wealth and the income earned during a term in office, triggering the application of the law, has halved, from 20,000 euros to 10,000. Another modification concerns the seizure of that part of the wealth that cannot be justified. Justice minister Tudor Chiuariu has said that the Agency is politically independent. Tudor Chiuariu:
“The National Integrity Agency law is Romania’s most independent authority. The president, the deputy president and the integrity inspectors will not receive and request orders with respect to the verification process from any Romanian authority, institution or person. The Agency’s only form of control is the delivery of a yearly report by the Senate. The rejection of the report will not lead to the dismissal of the agency’s president.”
We recall that the European Commission had insistently demanded the establishment of the Agency. Brussels voiced its dissatisfaction with Bucharest’s delayed achievement of the objectives it had assumed upon entering the EU on January 1st. On Wednesday, European commissioner for Justice and Domestic Affairs, Franco Frattini, and Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn again warned Romania that it risked the activation of the safeguard clause in the judiciary. They demanded progress in combating corruption and the consolidation of the judiciary. Frattini said that he could propose this in the June 27 European Commission report. Rehn also claimed that, if there are objective reasons, the Commission will have to decide on the activation of safeguard clauses, since the credibility of EU enlargement is at stake.
On the same day, the National Integrity Agency law was modified, and the Higher Council of Magistracy presented its report on the situation of the Romanian judiciary in 2006. According to the document, the main threats to the judiciary are the citizens’ lack of confidence in this institution, political interference and overworked magistrates, who receive excessive cases. Prosecuting offices and courts are faced with problems such as the stance of political elements towards the judiciary, non-standard judicial practice, legislative instability, a lack of specialist information and neglecting the rights of the plaintiff in the interest of defendants.
Lengthy trials, the delayed application of judicial decisions in civil cases, and a lack of coordination between the Romanian judiciary system and the European one have all been cited as problems in the system.
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