Romania’s Prosecutor General To Challenge In Court The Ordinance On Amending The Criminal Code
Romania’s prosecutor general, Augustin Lazar, told Mediafax that the emergency ordinance on amending the Criminal Code would be challenged in court on Friday.
According to law 554/2004 on contentious administrative matters, a person whose rights or interests have been violated by ordinances or provisions in ordinances can challenge the provisions at a court on contentious-administrative matters.
On Thursday, prosecutors from the Prosecutor’s Office within the Supreme Court drafted the papers that would be submitted to the court on Friday, Lazar said.
Prosecutor’s Office also asked the ombudsman to notify the Constitutional Court on the emergency ordinance.(mediafax.ro)
Senate Chairman: President Iohannis Gave Up His Constitutional Role
Senate Chairman, Calin Popescu Tariceanu posted on Facebook that Romanian President Klaus Iohannis decided to give up his role as a mediator and engaged in a political fight with the parliamentary majority.
”I have regretfully found that President Iohannis has entirely given up his constitutional role as a mediator and started to rouse people to protests by launching speculations from his stand at Cotroceni Palace. As head of state, as guarantor of the Constitution, the President should have mediated the state of tension in the society. Instead, President Iohannis became a partisan and engaged in a political fight with the parliamentary majority. I find it hard to understand how the President of the Romanian state can misinform in such an off-handed manner regarding the protests in the country,” Tariceanu posted on his Facebook page. (mediafax.ro)
PM Grindeanu: Government Won’t Give Up Emergency Ordinance On Amending The Criminal Code
Romanian Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu stated Thursday that the government would not give up the emergency ordinance on amending the Criminal Code, adding that it was a “legitimate decision” and that they would “go on”.
Thursday, the National Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) expressed its support for Grindeanu government, in the context of the passing of the emergency ordinance on amending the Criminal Code and the massive street protests following this step, PSD sources told Mediafax. (mediafax.ro)
ANRE: Energy Price Hikes Will Not Impact Household Consumer Bills
The fluctuations of the energy prices on the power exchange, registered in the last 15-20 days, will not affect the electricity or heating bills of household consumers, energy regulator ANRE said in a statement Thursday.
Robert Tudorache, state secretary in the Energy Ministry, on Thursday invited the representatives of the Economy Ministry, energy regulator ANRE, Competition Council, power exchange OPCOM and state-run power grid operator Transelectrica, for talks related to the current situation on the energy market.
The talks were related to the increase of energy prices to record levels and the investigation launched by ANRE and the Competition Council regarding a potential incorrect behavior of certain companies on the market. (mediafax.ro)
Education Ministry: Last Year, 60 Teachers Were Sanctioned For Violence In Schools
Last Year, 60 teachers were sanctioned for violence in schools, said the state secretary in the Education Ministry, Liviu Pop, who added that the cases of violence in schools decreased in the last three years.
Pop said that the Education Ministry plans to strengthen the security in schools, adding that the number of violent actions in schools fell from 20,000 to nearly 19,000 in the last three years, according to the ministry’s data.
The state secretary said that they hope the cases of violence in schools would drop by 10% next year. (mediafax.ro)