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President Iohannis asks PM Grindeanu to repeal freshly adopted ordinance on Criminal Codes
President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday wrote Premier Sorin Grindeanu asking him to repeal the freshly pushed through Government's Emergency Ordinance amending the Criminal Codes, the Presidential Administration announced.
"Having regard to the provisions of Art. 115 Para. (4) of the Romanian Constitution, according to which the Government may adopt emergency ordinances only in extraordinary situations requiring prompt regulation, in the light of the fact that the Government adopted this piece of regulation the day before the start of Parliament's ordinary session, which puts into question the very need for this move, considering the incidence of the provisions of Law No. 317/2004 on the Supreme Council of Magistrates which confers on this authority, as the guarantor of justice independence, the competence to approve draft regulations on the activity of the judicial authority, noting that the Supreme Council of Magistrates has been dropped out of the decision making process related to the respective Emergency Ordinance, considering that this piece of legislation was adopted also by ignoring the professional opinions previously expressed within the judicial framework, taking into consideration the deeply negative effects this Emergency Ordinance produces on the functioning of the rule of law and implicitly on Romania's efforts towards the combat of the phenomenon of corruption and ensuring the integrity of public office, I hereby request the repeal of Emergency Ordinance No. 13/2017 amending and supplementing Law No. 286/2009 on the Criminal Code and Law No. 135/2010 on the Code of Criminal Procedure," reads the letter the head of the state sent Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu on Wednesday.
In the letter President Iohannis mentions that the Government adopted on Tuesday Emergency Ordinance No. 13/2017 amending and supplementing Law No. 286/2009 on the Criminal Code and Law No. 135/2010 on the Code of Criminal Procedure, and that the act was published in the Official Journal on Wednesday.