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Romanian PG criticizes the setting of a special investigation section

Prosecutor General claims what he considers to be attempts of certain state’s powers to deprive the Romanian prosecutors of their independence on dubious ways.

Romanian PG criticizes the setting of a special investigation section
Romanian General Prosecutor Augustin Lazăr. Photo: video capture.

Articol de Radiojurnal, 08 Decembrie 2017, 16:08

Romanian Prosecutor General Augustin Lazăr considers that setting a special section for investigation of criminal offenses in the Judiciary is a way to harass the prosecutors and to subject them to the political control of the Ministry of Justice, thus violating the rule of law principles.

Prosecutor General claims, in a press release, what he considers to be attempts of certain state’s powers to deprive the Romanian prosecutors of their independence on dubious ways, through vicious parliamentary procedures and bills.

Romanian Public Service Ministry will not abdicate from its independence conferred by the Constitution nor from its steadiness, Augustin Lazăr says.

Lazar’s reaction came up after the special parliamentary committee decided on Thursday the setting up of the Directorate for the Investigation of Criminal Offenses of Judges and Prosecutors within the General Prosecutor’s Office.

“A Directorate for the Investigation of Criminal Offenses of Judges and Prosecutors is being set up and rendered operational within the Prosecutor’s Office with the High Court of Cassation and Justice, whose exclusive competency is to carry out the criminal investigation for corruption and similar offenses, provided for in the Criminal Code and by Law 78/2000, the work-related crimes and other similar offenses as well as crimes against justice being served by judges and prosecutors, including those who are members of the Superior Council of Magistracy and also military prosecutors and judges,” is the amendment voted for by the committee’s members at the amendment draft of law 304/2004 regarding the judicial organisation.

Source:RRA.Translated by Miruna Matei

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