Romania’s President calls for ban on the use of an amnesty for corruption offences

The Romanian President Klaus Iohannis has proposed two main themes for the referendum on national justice reform that the country will hold on May 26.

Iohannis proposed a ban on the use of amnesty or pardon for corruption convicts and a ban on the use of emergency ordinances, or OUG, in the implementation of justice reform.

In January, the ruling party PSD tried to decriminalize some corruption offences, including abuse of office, defined as officials not doing their jobs properly and causing damage.

The country’s main party leaders, PSD leader Liviu Dragnea and Social Democratic Party leader Liviu Dragnea, have both supported the themes put forward by the president.
Corruption is a serious problem in Romania, which is considered one of the European Union’s most corrupt states.

Thousands of Romanians protested across the country last month against the decriminalization of corruption acts.
Via Euronews