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Lower Chamber Deputy Chairman: EU Official Misinformed On Decree Re-Opening Trials

The deputy chairman of Romania’s Lower Chamber, Florin Iordache, told MEDIAFAX on Tuesday that European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen was misinformed when he criticized a decree announced by the Justice Ministry which would reopen high-profile criminal cases.
Lower Chamber Deputy Chairman: EU Official Misinformed On Decree Re-Opening Trials
Ionut Preda
22 ian. 2019, 20:04, English

“I think it was misinformation, on part of news agencies or those who only showed one side of it. No one can make a law against the rule of law. If there will be a decree, it will be for normalcy, not against the rule of law. It would be to accord the law with Constitutional Court decisions,” Iordache told MEDIAFAX.

The Social Democrat Party (PSD) MP’s reaction comes after the EU official deemed news about the the decree “unbelievable”, mentioning that Romanians deserve a rule of law.

In his tweet, the Commission vice-president quoted a news piece by Associated Press regarding the situation in Romania.

Romanian Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announced on Sunday evening that the ministry has a draft emergency decree ready which would re-open all cases previously judged by the Supreme Court’s five-judge panels deemed to be illegally selected as per a Constitutional Court decision.

According to the minister, the decree’s draft is finished, and it is up to Prime Minister Viorica Dancila to decide when the act will be issued.

The decree in question would re-open all cases which received final decisions from the Supreme Court’s five-judge panels since 2013, regardless of whether they ended in sentencing or acquittals, as the panels in questions were formed through erroneous procedure according to a November 2018 Constitutional Court ruling.