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Romania’s Justice Minister offers his resignation

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epa07380993 Romania's Justice Minister Tudorel Toader speaks during a press conference at the Governmnet Headquarters in Bucharest, Romania, 19 February 2019. Toader spoke after the government gave an urgent ordnance regarding the procedures to be followed for the EU deputee-prosecutor candidates. Romania's Justice Minister Tudorel Toader, who removed Anti-Corruption Bureau chief prosecutor Codruta Kovesi from her position last year, accused her of signing 'secret' deals with the national intelligence agency in a anti-democratic manner, informing the European Commision about it. Kovesi, who was proposed for the post of European Chief Prosecutor, denied the official misconduct and bribery allegations. After Romanian administration decided to block Kovesi application for the EU Prosecutor position, the European Commission reacted by stating that prosecutors running for the position of European Chief Prosecutor shall be treated fairly. EPA-EFE/ROBERT GHEMENT

Romania’s justice minister offered his resignation Thursday after failing to put forward a controversial measure pushed by the ruling party — but which Brussels warned would violate EU rule of law standards.

The leader of the ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, wanted Justice Minister Tudorel Toader to issue an emergency decree on the criminal code that was expected to reduce the statute of limitations for multiple offenses. Dragnea and other party members argued the decree was needed to bring the penal code in line with a recent Constitutional Court decision.

POLITICO reports “Critics argued it would be used to benefit Dragnea, who was sentenced to jail last year in a case involving fake jobs for party workers, which he has appealed.

The European Commission has warned against the emergency decree, and along with the U.S., Germany, France and nine other countries urged Romania earlier this month not to pass emergency laws that risked weakening the country’s justice system and its ability to fight corruption.

The PSD officially withdrew its political support for Toader on Wednesday after he declared there was no emergency for him to issue such a decree, prompting him to offer his resignation to the prime minister on Thursday.”

Via POLITICO

Topics Romania