Prime Minister: Illegal Judicial Practices Must Be Corrected

The Romanian PM said at the beginning of Friday’s Government meeting that the Constitutional Court ruled in a 2018 decision that “some judicial practices which were used damaged the act of the justice”, and that the situation “must be corrected”, referring to a ruling which deemed that all of the Supreme Court’s five-judge appeal panels since 2015 were formed through erroneous procedure.

However, Dancila did not mention whether an emergency decree announced by the justice minister in this regard would be passed on Friday.

“As European Commission President Jean Claude Juncker said, the rights of citizens are not negotiable, and there no acceptable compromises in this regard,” said the Romanian chief of cabinet.

She added that Romania was facing a “campaign of misinformation on the matter”, which was fueled by opposing politicians.

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 the 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 2014, regardless of whether they ended in sentencing or acquittals.

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