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| ROMANIAN JUSTICE-REFORM AND EFFICIENCY 29/02/2008 |
| (2008-02-29) |
| Last updated: 2008-03-03 13:04 EET |
On 4 February, the European Commission published a preliminary report on the reform of the justice system and the fight against corruption in Romania, which indicated that, as a member in its first year in the European Union, Bucharest continued to make efforts towards fixing deficiencies. However, there are delays in applying a coherent recruiting strategy in the judiciary system, in setting up the National Integrity Agency, in designing a global strategy, and in running projects for fighting corruption at local level. “Romania should intensify its efforts in fighting high level corruption, and intensify efforts to maintain legislative and institutional stability in the process of fighting corruption in Romania”. This is the recommendation of the European government.
The report indicates, among other things, that there is a deficit of 500 prosecutors, and that the Supreme Council of Magistrates was not consulted in relation to several laws that are important to the judiciary. It also emphasizes the necessity of greater transparency and efficiency in carrying out justice, especially by strengthening the capacity and responsibility of the Supreme Council of Magistrates, and by monitoring the impact of the new civil and criminal procedural codes.
Taken together, these shortcomings amount to Romania still being in danger of having the safeguard clause for Justice invoked. This is an issue recently raised by the German Bundestag, where, according to the president of the European Business commission, Gunther Krichbaum, “dissatisfaction with Romania is rising”. In the context of this European report, on Thursday, PM Calin Popescu Tariceanu met for the first time with the members of the Supreme Council, who repeatedly blamed the executive that they are not consulted regarding draft laws relevant to justice.
Both the PM and the president of the Council, Lidia Barbulescu, said that the government needs to work more closely with the Council, because the two have a common responsibility to live up to the commitments made towards the European Union. One of the Council’s requests was to have all draft laws relevant to justice be submitted to them for approval. At the end of talks, the PM said that the government is still the decision maker regarding magistrate salaries. On the other hand, the Council of Magistrates said its members want it to collaborate with the other powers in the state.
(Theo Cristez)
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