The SCM accuses Ilie Bolojan of lie and asks him not to press on the RCC: “Justice cannot be a constant topic of election campaign”
Ilie Bolojan and the Superior Council of Magistracy. Collage: Ion Mateș / Hotnews. Photo: Inquam Photos
The Supreme Council of Magistracy reports on Friday that the draft law with the pensions of the magistrates for whom the Government has assumed responsibility in the Parliament has nothing to do with the obligations of Romania from the PNRR, as Ilie Bolojan said on Thursday.
In a press release, the SCM “calls on respecting the legal and institutional truth and responsibility in public communication” and sends to the prime minister that no political pressure on the constitutional litigation court is allowed. ”
“At a time when the public debate is marked by tendentious distortions and interpretations, the Council calls on respecting the legal and institutional truth and responsibility in public communication, not allowed any political pressure on the constitutional court. Justice cannot be a constant topic of electoral campaign, and the consolidation, and the consolidation, the state ”, CSM reports.
The pensions of the magistrates
The project regarding the pension of magistrates is currently on the table of the Constitutional Court. The judges postponed the decision regarding the notification of unconstitutionality filed by the High Court of Cassation and Justice. The next term is scheduled for October 20.
On Thursday, in a B1TV show, Prime Minister Bolojan said that the legislative changes are “a necessity” and an obligation that Romania has assumed before the European Commission.
“The resolution of the pensions of the magistrates is a milestone, so an obligation that Romania has assumed in the past years on which it depends on an amount of over 200 million euros that Romania has not received at the moment and we have two milestones, which each has 200-300 million euros. In total, the three milestones are over 800 million euros, if we do not respect them, Quite important.
How CSM argues
In reply to the prime minister's statements, the SCM reports on Friday that the 215 milestone has already been evaluated positively by the European Commission.
“By Law no. 282/2023, the regime of retirement of the magistrates (in terms of retirement conditions, the calculation of pension, stage, etc.), all these elements, provided by the new law, was taken into account by the European Commission to positively evaluate the objective 215 to be fulfilled in its preliminary evaluation of October 15,” I say.
The provisions regarding the progressive taxation of pensions were declared unconstitutional by the RCC, at which point the Commission transmitted that “it understands that the relevant provisions of Law no. 282/2023 which introduce the higher taxation of pensions cannot be implemented by the Government”.
“Therefore, the other aspects regarding the retirement regime of the magistrates (retirement conditions, the pension calculation, stage, etc.) have not been the object of any criticism from the commission, thus remaining consolidated,” says CSM.
The law on the pensions of the magistrates assumed by the government brings a series of changes such as:
- The retirement age for magistrates should be the standard one in the public pension system, ie 65 years;
- Magistrates who want the retirement must be at least 35 years old, compared to 25, as is today;
- By 2036 the retirement age gradually increases.
