Vasile Dîncu: “CCR judges acted politically, they wanted not to create a crisis”. What does it say about PSD's role in the decision on magistrates' pensions

Vasile Dîncu rejected, in an intervention at Digi24, the speculations related to a possible involvement of the PSD in the decision of the Constitutional Court regarding the magistrates' pensions, given that four of the five judges who declared the law unconstitutional were appointed by this party. On the other hand, Dîncu said that the formal rejection is “a mistake” and shows that the judges “acted politically”.

Asked if it was a coincidence that all four judges appointed by the PSD to the Court ruled for the unconstitutionality of the law on special magistrates, Vasile Dîncu answered: “These judges were proposed to the CCR at different times by the party, not necessarily because they had a social-democratic vision.”

However, the social democrat did not exclude the possibility that the judges made the decision based on considerations that are not strictly related to constitutionality.

“They responded and gave this vote on form. This idea 'on form' is a hoax. They acted politically. They wanted not to create a crisis, cutting off the dog's tail in one piece,” believes Dîncu.

Invited to comment on the possibility of Ilie Bolojan's resignation from the position of prime minister as a result of the CCR decision, Dîncu estimated that this option was not taken seriously in the coalition.

“I think that the idea of ​​resignation is part of Bolojan's style. Mr. Prime Minister is a rather decisive man and he likes to take on things, even with negative consequences. I don't think that anyone seriously thought about Mr. Bolojan's resignation. Now we are talking about an important project, assumed by the coalition (that of magistrates' pensions, n.ed.),” Vasile Dîncu also said.

Suspicions in the PNL towards the social democrats

Instead, deputy Raluca Turcan, former president of PNL, believes that PSD influenced the decision of the Constitutional Court

“Obviously, the decision of the CCR cannot be separated from the PSD. We have all seen what happens in the governing coalition, the fact that not everyone seems to be pulling the same wagon, that the Prime Minister's decisions are contested by the PSD in the public space, more than that, we also have votes in the Romanian Parliament against some decisions taken in the Government, we have institutions that operate on political votes, in which the PSD practically plays its own game, defying people's expectations. And at the CCR, we seem to have a decision influenced by the PSD”, said Raluca Turcan to RFI.

Asked if she suggested that it was a case of PSD sabotage regarding the law on special pensions for magistrates, the PNL deputy replied: “I apologize, but that's the way it looks, that is, you can't help but see that there are certain judges proposed by the PSD in the CCR, they voted against a project of the Government of which the PSD is a part, with ministries, including the Ministry of Justice, given that until this moment, the jurisprudence The CCR did not provide for a mandatory opinion to be received in this kind of conforming opinion from the CSM”.

During Tuesday's meeting of the ruling coalition, the subject of the law on the modification of magistrates' pensions was discussed, which failed at the CCR. The PSD leader, Sorin Grindeanu, proposed to the coalition partners the establishment of a working group to deal with the drafting of the new law, according to HotNews sources.

However, Ilie Bolojan did not agree with Sorin Grindeanu's proposal, the same sources claim. The prime minister argued that the establishment of a working group would only delay the speedy adoption of the new law and categorically rejected the idea, saying that he preferred to personally deal with the reform of magistrates' pensions. At the end of this discussion, the social democrats left the coalition meeting.