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Romania, justice laws bring back people to the streets
Protests on Sunday for the 'independence of judiciary system'
31 October, 16:37
(ANSA) - BUCHAREST - The draft bill on justice laws,
recently submitted by Justice Minister Tudorel Toader to the
Parliament, has drawn up the attention of the citizens, which
will organise on Sunday a protest downtown Bucharest, to remind
the political power that it is being watched over.
According to The Romania Journal, the protest is announced on Facebook and will start in Victoriei Square, given the context that the draft bill is being taken care of by former Justice Minister Florin Iordache, the promoter of emergency ordinance 13, which took hundreds of thousands to the streets early this year, ziare.com reports.
Although the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), the Supreme Court president and the Prosecutor General have all requested the return of the draft bill to the Justice Ministry, Senate Speaker Calin Popescu Tariceanu has announced that the draft bill remains with the Parliament and would be adopted by year-end.
''We may picket the Government, but the reality is that the Government is only a puppet, the justice laws are now at the parliament. On Sunday we gather at the Government and we will leave at 19.00h marching to the Parliament,'' the organisers inform about the protest on Sunday, November 5. The Facebook page dedicated to the event is called ''We don't want to be a nation of thieves!'' ''If this law package is adopted by the Parliament, it would be a disaster for Romania and its citizens.
We may say farewell to an independent justice,'' the post reads.
''We remind our readers that on Monday the senators with the legal committee have rejected a draft bill requesting that the persons with final sentences cannot run for presidency'', the post ends. (ANSA).
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According to The Romania Journal, the protest is announced on Facebook and will start in Victoriei Square, given the context that the draft bill is being taken care of by former Justice Minister Florin Iordache, the promoter of emergency ordinance 13, which took hundreds of thousands to the streets early this year, ziare.com reports.
Although the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM), the Supreme Court president and the Prosecutor General have all requested the return of the draft bill to the Justice Ministry, Senate Speaker Calin Popescu Tariceanu has announced that the draft bill remains with the Parliament and would be adopted by year-end.
''We may picket the Government, but the reality is that the Government is only a puppet, the justice laws are now at the parliament. On Sunday we gather at the Government and we will leave at 19.00h marching to the Parliament,'' the organisers inform about the protest on Sunday, November 5. The Facebook page dedicated to the event is called ''We don't want to be a nation of thieves!'' ''If this law package is adopted by the Parliament, it would be a disaster for Romania and its citizens.
We may say farewell to an independent justice,'' the post reads.
''We remind our readers that on Monday the senators with the legal committee have rejected a draft bill requesting that the persons with final sentences cannot run for presidency'', the post ends. (ANSA).
