Nicușor Dan, after Lia Savonea sued the Government: “Problems are not paid by those who generated them 10-15 years ago”
President Nicușor Dan commented Monday evening on the court action filed by the High Court of Cassation and Justice, led by Lia Savonea, against the Government, in the context of the salary arrears of the magistrates. The head of state stated that the situation is the result of problems accumulated in the last decade.
The president says that the budgetary reality imposes clear limits PHOTO: Facebook Nicușor Dan
According to the president, although it is not normal for the state to end up owing huge sums, the current decision-makers are the ones who must manage the consequences, reports News.ro.
“All the time, those who generated them, 10-15 years ago, don't pay, they pay those who are currently making the decision. This whole cavalcade of lawsuits is not normal”, said the head of state.
Nicușor Dan explained that many of the disputes won in court by various professional categories started from legislative interpretations that were not corrected in time.
“A magistrate interpreted a law. If he interpreted it in a sense that was not intended by the legislator, it means that the law had to be corrected at the right time. This did not happen for 10 years and now we are paying the result of those 10 years“, said the head of state.
The President emphasized that the state should not end up in the situation of owing large sums to some social categories or companies, but the budgetary reality imposes clear limits.
“Obviously, it is not normal for the state to owe money to some social categories or some companies, as in the case of energy caps. But there is always a balance between what you have to do and how much money you have in the budget”, Nicușor Dan also said.
Asked how he sees the approach of the ÎCCJ, Nicușor Dan stated that the supreme court acted within the limits of the law:
“It is an institution that has exercised a right, that is what I can state at this moment“.
Lia Savonea sued the Government for the outstanding salary rights of the magistrates
We remind you that, after the High Court of Cassation and Justice sent the Government, on Friday, March 27, a preliminary complaint requesting “unlocking immediately” of salary arrears earned by magistrates following thousands of lawsuits, on Monday, March 30, the supreme court headed by Lia Savonea filed an action at the Bucharest Court of Appeal, by which it calls the Executive to court.
“We request that by means of a court order:
1: obliging the defendants to make available to the plaintiff all the necessary funds for the payment of the outstanding salary rights of the magistrates, provided for in enforceable titles, due in 2026, provided in the Annex hereto;
2: issuance of administrative documents and carrying out all the necessary budgetary steps for the inclusion/full allocation of the requested sums necessary to pay the outstanding salary rights provided for in executory titles, due in 2026, including through budgetary rectification, if necessary;
3: the establishment by device of a maximum 10-day execution term as well as the fine provided for in art. 24 para. (2) from Law no. 544/2004, respectively the fine in the amount of 20% of the gross minimum wage per day of delay, on the responsibility of the responsible persons, namely the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister of Romania, for non-execution of the obligation established by the final court rulings, as well as obliging them to pay compensation for non-execution;
4: we ask the court to apply penalties of 2% for each day of delay”, write in the official document.
The deadlock in the Coalition, solved with money from the Justice budget
We remind you that Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan announced on March 19, after the coalition meeting, that a solution was found so that the social package requested by the PSD for pensioners and children with disabilities would be financially supported.
The compromise between the parties related to the social package requested by the Social Democratic Party was financed by cuts from the Justice budgets.
