NGOs Sue Romanian Govt Over Adoption Of Draft Criminal, Civil Codes

In the lawsuit opened at the Bucharest Court of Appeals, NGOs accuse the government of breaching the law of transparency and Law 24/2000 which regulates legislative procedure. NGO representatives said the government decisions for the adoption of the codes lacked certain approvals.

On march 24, thirteen NGOs submitted at the government headquarters a complaint, before opening a lawsuit, calling on Prime Minister Emil Boc to pull the Criminal Code, Civil Code and their respective procedure codes from debates in Parliament, saying the drafts contained serious deficiencies.