Bosquito concert at the Christmas Market in Constitution Square.
The lead singer of the Bosquito band, Radu Almășan, sent a message related to justice on Sunday evening, during the concert held at the Christmas Fair in Piața Constituției, on the last day of the event. The artist altered the lyrics of a well-known track by the band, swapping a reference to “transition” with one to “justice”.
While singing the song “So I drink” on the stage of the Constitution, instead of the verse “so I drink and put my feet in everything related to transition”, Almășan sang “so I drink and put my feet in everything related to justice”, the moment being surprised by the spectators present at the concert. The moment was applauded and acclaimed by those present, according to the images obtained by HotNews.
The message comes in the context of an intense public debate regarding the functioning of the judiciary in Romania, triggered after the publication of the documentary “Captured Justice” made by Recorder.
It is not the first justice-related message sent recently. Recently, the soloist of the band Vama, Tudor Chirilă, made a comment interpreted as being “coded” in the semi-final of the show “Vocea României”. “There are some very important things to say!” said Chirilă when the presenter Pavel Bartoș asked him to comment on the performance of a competitor.
“One question: 'What's going on?' (“What's going on?”). This is what we must ask ourselves all the time in our lives. “And I pray for a revolution” And I think that's good. And I'm sorry that I didn't have a recorder to record you tonight, but you're definitely a great player,” said Chirilă, live on Pro TV.
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“Captured Justice”
A Recorder investigation, published two weeks ago, looked at the phenomenon of the statute of limitations and the effects of the concentration of power in the judiciary, talking about “magistrates cohabiting with politicians”. The material garnered approximately 4.9 million views and sparked protests in several cities, including Bucharest, where demonstrations took place over several days.
The Recorder's investigation highlighted concrete cases in which defendants politically connected or very powerful in terms of business, such as Marian Vanghelie, Cristian Burci or Puiu Popoviciu, benefited from trials extended until the statute of limitations.
The prolongation of the trials was achieved by changing the court panels by the management of the courts, including the change in the moment when the sentence was to be pronounced.
The problems in the judicial system were also discussed at the Cotroceni Palace. President Nicușor Dan had consultations with magistrates who signaled, among other things, a general state of fear, pressure from the Judicial Inspection, the high workload and the lack of staff. The discussions lasted almost ten hours and took place in several rounds, some of them at the request of the magistrates, with closed doors.
Moreover, the leader from Cotroceni announced that in January he will initiate a referendum within the body of magistrates with a single question: “Does the CSM act in the public interest or does it act in the interest of a group within the judicial system?”
The message of the Bosquito band also came on the day that the judges of the Constitutional Court postponed a decision on the draft law on the reform of the magistrates' pensions after four judges, appointed to the CCR with the support of the CCR, left the courtroom and thus the legal quorum for a decision was not met. After about an hour and a half, the hearing ended without a decision, with the Court announcing that it would resume deliberations on Monday, December 29.
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