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| THE REFORMS IN THE ROMANIAN JUDICIARY (13.04.2007) |
| (2007-04-13) |
| Last updated: 2007-04-13 15:14 EET |
One of the democrat ministers who left the Government in Bucharest, after liberal Premier Calin Popescu Tariceanu had decided he no longer wanted them around, was justice minister Monica Macovei. Her activity as head of this ministry was well received in Brussels. During her term in office, the minister succeeded in implementing important reforms, due to which the famous “red flags” hanging over Romania’s accession process were lifted. They were no obstacle to the country’s entry into the European Union on January 1st 2007.
But members of the Higher Council of Magistracy accused minister Macovei of having made a mistake: that of wanting to implement the reforms by force, almost exclusively through legislative solutions, without having real consultations with magistrates. Moreover, domestic political manoeuvring resulted in Monica Macovei’s job being taken over by a liberal, Tudor Chiuariu, aged 31, the youngest justice minister so far and also the youngest member of the Tariceanu Cabinet. On Thursday, during the meeting of the Higher Council of Magistracy, the new minister outlined his intentions:
“Trying to implement the reform of the judiciary against the magistrates’ will would be like trying to throw the engine driver out of the train, while the train is running. Let me make it clear that we are not here to play Robin Hood. I think it would be a disaster if, after the Romanian judiciary had seen Joan of Arc, we were to now bring along Robin Hood. My honest belief is that we must build and independent judiciary, which will not be used as a political weapon.”
One of the immediate measures that minister Chiuariu wants to implement is to fill the prosecutors’ positions, as there is a severe deficit in this field. Moreover, lacking a sufficient number of prosecutors and also a totally independent judiciary, we cannot talk of an efficient fight against corruption. Concerning this matter, it has often been said that especially high level corruption should be eliminated. Although it is commendable that important corruption files have been opened, the completion of these cases has been delayed. There are 126 files, involving big names, in which no ruling has been given yet.
One of the most recent files concerns former Economy minister, conservative Codrut Seres, accused, together with 8 other people, of undermining the national economy, plotting and associating with intent to commit crimes. In lay terms, he is accused of having sold cheap electricity to companies which then re-sold it, but at a much higher price, including to some state owned enterprises. The Romanian state, through these actions, lost out around 500 million dollars.
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