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| New heads of Romanian prosecutors, appointed |
| (2013-05-16) |
| Last updated: 2013-05-16 13:31 EET |
On Wednesday Romanian President Traian Basescu approved all the six nominations made by Prime Minister Victor Ponta, as the interim Justice Minister, for the heads of the General Prosecutor’s Office, the National Anti-Corruption Directorate and the Directorate Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism.
For years now, the appointment of the chief prosecutors has been a sort of Achille’s heel of the Romanian judiciary. Those who believe that we can still afford the luxury of not taking these appointments seriously and delaying them are mistaken, President Traian Basescu has recently said. Basescu has underscored that except for the prosecutor general, Romania hasn’t had any chief of directorate and department in office since 2011. Because of political disputes over the potential candidates, all these positions were held by interim chiefs.
On Wednesday, President Basescu announced he had signed the decrees approving the six nominations made in April by PM Victor Ponta, the then interim Justice Minister, which had also been approved by the Higher Council of Magistracy. Fortunately, although the General Prosecutors’ Office, The National Anti-Corruption Directorate and the Directorate Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism were only headed by interim prosecutors all this time, these structures continued to function, and hopes are that their activity will improve with the appointment of the new chiefs and deputies.
Traian Basescu: “I have urged the six to work as a team. Another thing I have asked from them is to live up to the level of efficiency required for the battle against corruption, against high-level corruption in particular. Finally, my third requirement was for them to fight organized crime.”
From the new Prosecutor General, Tiberiu Nitu, President Basescu asked to clarify some aspects related to the anti-communist revolution of 1989. Tiberiu Nitu has until next year to answer to two important questions.
Traian Basescu: “The first question is who made the political decision to ask the then defence minister to order the army to quash the revolt and use war ammunition against civilians. The second question refers to the context in which the political decision was made to arm the patriotic guards with war ammunition and weapons.“
Reuters, quoting several political analysts, mentions that the European Union is monitoring the Romanian justice system, and notes that although the Union has strongly urged decision-makers in one of the bloc’s most corrupted states not to nominate prosecutors on political criteria, their appointment is in fact the result of a compromise reached by politicians, and seems to be aimed at easing tensions between and within political parties. The coalition led by PM Victor Ponta is an alliance between Liberals and Social Democrats, who have long been at loggerheads with the rightist President, and the names had to meet the demands of all sides.
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