Crin Antonescu says he does not want special pension: “Do not ask me to swear, do not ask me to give you”

The candidate of the ruling coalition at the presidential elections in May, Crin Antonescu, said on Wednesday night that he has no obligation to publicly commit to the special parliamentary pension, but added that he has not made and will not apply for this purpose.

“I do not have to engage publicly, I have no obligation in this sense. I can only inform you that I am a potential beneficiary, that is, by virtue of the law. I could make the request for the special pension. I have not made and I will not make this request for the special pension, since today I ask the Government and the Parliament that has been able to do for some time, It would also do it in terms of magistrates, “said Crin Antonescu, in a show at Antena 3, asked if he is publicly committed that he will give up the special parliamentary pension.

The candidate of the coalition has added, in connection with this issue, that he does not want to be “swear”, as was the case with Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, writes News.ro.

“Do not put me on Mr. Ciolacu to make party decisions in the distinguished assembly, do not ask me to swear, do not ask me in writing. I told you and I think it is enough,” said Crin Antonescu.

“It is a pity for God to retire a magistrate, at 48 years old”

Antonescu also spoke about his proposal regarding the pensions of the magistrates.

“It is not about the military, nor those in the defense and public order system, it is strictly magistrates and the most important stake for me, beyond 230 million from PNRR, beyond this principle of equity, is something that I have concerned, which I have talked about for a long time and I have not spoken, I speak a lot of people. He has enough experience, knowledge, practical to be a judge ”, said Crin Antonescu.

The candidate of the coalition does not believe that there is nothing unconstitutional in this legislative initiative.

“We have examined with the lawyers who could be unconstitutional in the fact that you ask a magistrate to retire, pay attention to those who enter, retire at 65 and have a pension on contributivity like everyone else,” said the former PNL leader.

“Let us no longer complain that we have mountains of files, that the processes last over the years, the SCM, blessed to be my name and respect or fully for him, has never protested, has never been public to tell us that it is bad for years, that people cannot use their rights because of the trials. that we do not have enough magistrates.

A position on the question of the new draft law on the pensions of the magistrates came on Wednesday and from the interim president Ilie Bolojan.

He believes that magistrates should not retire at 47 or 50, when they are “at the maturity of professional age”.

On Tuesday, a draft law on the pensions of the magistrates, initiated by the leaders of the ruling coalition, was submitted to Parliament.

The proposed normative act stipulates that, starting with January 1, 2026, the judges, the prosecutors, the judges of the Constitutional Court, the assistant magistrates from the High Court of Cassation and Justice and from the CCR, as well as the legal specialized personnel can be retired and can benefit from the service pension if they fulfill the condition for a minimum of 25 years 48 years.

At the same time, the project provides to reach the age of 65 years for retirement for magistrates in 2045.

At the moment, prosecutors and judges can retire regardless of age, if they are 25 years old.

Regarding the pensions of the magistrates, a major provision is the decrease of the calculation ceiling from 80%, as it is currently, to 65% of the average monthly income before the retirement. This is to reduce the gap between “service pensions and state social insurance pensions”, according to the project.

On Wednesday, the leaders of the CSM, the High Court and the General Prosecutor's Office announced that they want to meet with the leaders of the ruling coalition on Thursday, April 10, on the topic of this legislative project.

The Superior Council of Magistracy had a first reaction on this topic on Tuesday, when he pointed out that the magistrates were not consulted by the inaters of the draft law.

Crin Antonescu said Monday that magistrates have to retire at 65, like all other citizens of the country.

The draft law was submitted to the Parliament after the candidate of the Presidential Governance Coalition, Crin Antonescu, requested this on Monday, in a meeting, to the leaders of PSD, PNL, UDMR and national minorities.