On Sunday, 25 September 2022, Georgiana Iorgulescu – Executive Director of the Centre for Legal Resources, participated in the OFF/ON Record show, Aleph News, where she discussed, together with Sorina Matei, the proposed amendments to the Justice and National Security Laws.
Some of Georgiana’s statements:
“From the Justice Laws, the ban on secret services to recruit magistrates has been removed. They say that everything that is not forbidden is allowed”.
“The article on public disclosure of cooperation protocols with the SRI (Romanian Intelligence Service) was also removed. Does this mean that such protocols are to be made again?”.
“Since 2016, the CCR decisions have completely changed the legal system in Romania, in a positive way. I’m afraid that the laws that have targeted the involvement of intelligence services in various fields will change.”
“The problem with the Justice Laws is that the SCM agreed to give such extensive powers to such a small group of people – the Prosecutor General and the President of the ICCJ.”
“The 1.2 million unfinished files of the Prosecutor General’s Office sound like such an enormous, ugly thing.”
“If a commission on National Security laws has been set up, the laws must emerge as well, otherwise it is a nonsense. The National Security laws that have appeared in the media are terrifying. In what country and in what year do we live if we say about someone that they show courage by speaking out?”.
“President of the SRI control commission from PNL’s (National Liberal Party) confirmed his participation, but did not show up to the debate. Someone from Prime Minister Ciucă’s Chancellery was supposed to come to the debate, but he didn’t. From the Presidential Administration – we were told they were not available.”
“It is strange to say that the National Security laws do not exist when a commission was set up for them. If the architecture of the laws remains as it is now, it is not democratic.”
