The government formed the working group to amend the justice laws. What are its duties and who is part of it

The working group that will propose legislative changes in the field of justice, announced by Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, was officially established by a decision published in the Official Gazette.

The initiative came about following revelations made by a number of magistrates in the Recorder documentary “Captured Justice”. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan said, in an interview for Cotidianul, that “it should” be until the end of January that the working group from the government come up with proposals for legislative changes in the field of justice.

The committee is made up of representatives of the Prime Minister's Chancellery and representatives of the Ministry of Justice, as permanent members, and will be led by the representative of the Prime Minister's Chancellery, according to the decision to establish the committee, cited by Agerpres.

“The Committee for the analysis and revision of legislation in the field of Justice, hereinafter referred to as the Committee, is established, a body without legal personality, with an advisory character. The Committee is led by the representative of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister, who has the capacity of president”, according to the decision published in the Official Gazette.

Representatives of other public authorities and institutions, civil society and international organizations can participate in the work of the Committee, based on the Prime Minister's invitation.

In order to fulfill the duties, within the Committee, thematic working groups can be set up, at a technical level, made up of experts from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Justice, as well as experts from the institutions or who have the quality of guests, designated in this regard, it is mentioned in the document.

Representatives of other relevant public and private law entities, from the country and abroad, may participate as guests in the meetings of the Committee or of the thematic working groups at a technical level.

The members of the Committee will be able to be assisted in the meetings by specialists of the institutions represented.

What duties does the working group have?

According to the text of the decision, the committee has the following main duties:

• analyzes the effects of the implementation of the justice legislation adopted in 2022, including the laws on the status of magistrates, the judicial organization and the operation of the SCM;
• analyzes and debates the opinions formulated by the representative associations of judges and prosecutors, as well as by non-governmental organizations regarding the organization and functioning of justice and the realization of the act of justice;
• organizes meetings with representatives of institutions, authorities and organizations, including from the international level, with competences or activity in the field of justice;
• requests points of view from institutions, authorities and organizations, including from the international level, with competences or activity in the field of justice;
• presents progress reports on the status of the fulfillment of the measures and the exercise of the duties provided for in this decision;
• proposes a series of measures to ensure the impartiality, independence and efficiency of the judicial act, in accordance with constitutional values ​​and international standards regarding the rule of law.

The committee meets whenever necessary, at the request of the representative of the Prime Minister's Chancellery.

The meetings of the Committee can take place in physical format or in the online system and are led by the representative of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister or by a person designated by him.

The committee adopts recommendations by consensus of its members. In the absence of consensus, the identified options will be forwarded to the Prime Minister based on a comparative analysis. The adopted recommendations are communicated to the competent authorities in order to initiate drafts of normative acts or administrative measures necessary for their implementation.

cine was invited to be part of the Government's working group on justice issues

On Friday, December 19, HotNews asked the Government for the list of organizations or institutions that were invited to be part of the working group.

“At the disposal of the Prime Minister, representatives of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister and the Ministry of Justice will be part of it. The Prime Minister invited the Presidential Administration and each of the two sections of the CSM to appoint representatives,” the Government's spokeswoman, Ioana Dogioiu, told HotNews.

In addition, they were invited to appoint representatives:

• Funky Citizens
• latch
• Association Movement for the Defense of the Status of Prosecutors
• Association of Magistrates from Romania
• Association of Prosecutors from Romania
• The Romanian Judges' Forum Association
• Expert Forum
• Initiative Association for Justice
• The National Union of Romanian Bar Associations
• The National Union of Judges from Romania
• Legal Resource Center

On behalf of the institutions, representatives of:

• Superior Council of Magistracy – President
• Superior Council of Magistracy – Vice President
• Ministry of Justice
• Presidential Administration