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Tudorel Toader: Simple judiciary motion has political statement content
The simple judiciary motion has the content of a political statement, and the judiciary must be at the service of the citizen, Minister Tudorel Toader said in a plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies at the debate of the motion entitled "Tudorel Toader and PSD - ALDE, get your dirty hands off the judiciary," initiated by 91 National Liberal Party (PNL) and Save Romania Union (USR) deputies.
He invited the signatories of the simple motion to read his activity report, where they will find answers to the issues raised in the document, and he also told them he does not want them to be victims of an abusive system.
"I assume everything I have done or I am doing as Minister of Justice, and I do not assume what others have done or do in the field of the judiciary. It's been two years since I have become Justice Minister. Yesterday I presented an activity report that I posted on the website of the Ministry of Justice and I would appreciate if you took the time to read it and evaluate it beyond political statements or certain public statements. In the report you will find a good part of the answers to the problems that you have evoked. Yes, Justice must be at the service of the citizen (...), it must allow the citizen to make effective use of his/her fundamental rights and freedoms. We must not reach the situation where to defend the citizen from Justice, because most of the work done is positive, but you have also seen many negative aspects and you will not be convinced, and I do not wish you to be the victim of such abusive behavior. That is why Justice must serve the citizen, and the citizen must not be afraid of how Justice is done," said Minister Tudorel Toader.
He added that the Superior Council of Magistrates (CSM) had a "general approach" and "gave a negative opinion overall" to the ordinance amending OUG 7/2019, although the day before he was informed that there would be a positive opinion on the amendments agreed by the prime minister with the representatives of the magistrates.
He added that the prime minister considered it necessary to implement the items agreed upon with the representatives of the magistracy and enlisted the ordinance on the agenda.
"I, personally, know a very natural thing, that any law is perfectible, by law, and by law I understand the law or the ordinance as the delegated legislator of the Government. I consider that the five amendments, the sixth added by the Labour minister, represent a significant step to achieve the options expressed by magistrates within the judiciary," Toader said.
The Government adopted on Tuesday several amendments to OUG 7/2019 on the laws of justice. The amendments include the abrogation of the provisions of Article 54 (1), more precisely "prosecutors can only become high-ranking prosecutors, even if they have been in the previous professional career as judges, who have a 15-year seniority in magistracy," as Minister of Justice Tudorel Toader explained.
The said simple motion is being debated on Tuesday in the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies. The final vote will be cast on Wednesday.