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11-28-2017, 12:20 PM
BUCHAREST: Tens of thousands of Romanians rallied in the capital Bucharest and dozens of other cities on Sunday, protesting against a widely criticised plan by the ruling Social Democrats to overhaul the judiciary.
The PSD-led coalition, which holds a robust majority in parliament, is drafting an overhaul that the European Commission, foreign diplomats and thousands of magistrates have criticised as placing the justice system under political control, potentially weakening an anti-corruption drive. A special parliamentary commission started debating the bill last week, with the ruling party aiming to have it approved by the end of the year.
The commission is headed by Florin Iordache, who resigned as justice minister in February after a decree on corruption that he drafted triggered the biggest street protests since the 1989 anti-communist Romanian revolution. That decree, which was eventually rescinded, would have effectively shielded dozens of public officials from prosecution for corruption.
?Thieves, Thieves,? shouted thousands of protesters in front of the government?s headquarters on Sunday. ?We want justice, not corruption. PSD is the red plague. ?An estimated 30,000 people marched to parliament in Bucharest, while roughly 20,000 held rallies in about 70 cities. ?How do you trust wolves to make laws at the sheepfold,? former technocrat prime minister Dacian Ciolos said on his Facebook page before going to the protests in Bucharest.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/GqZXcQq2KKM
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The PSD-led coalition, which holds a robust majority in parliament, is drafting an overhaul that the European Commission, foreign diplomats and thousands of magistrates have criticised as placing the justice system under political control, potentially weakening an anti-corruption drive. A special parliamentary commission started debating the bill last week, with the ruling party aiming to have it approved by the end of the year.
The commission is headed by Florin Iordache, who resigned as justice minister in February after a decree on corruption that he drafted triggered the biggest street protests since the 1989 anti-communist Romanian revolution. That decree, which was eventually rescinded, would have effectively shielded dozens of public officials from prosecution for corruption.
?Thieves, Thieves,? shouted thousands of protesters in front of the government?s headquarters on Sunday. ?We want justice, not corruption. PSD is the red plague. ?An estimated 30,000 people marched to parliament in Bucharest, while roughly 20,000 held rallies in about 70 cities. ?How do you trust wolves to make laws at the sheepfold,? former technocrat prime minister Dacian Ciolos said on his Facebook page before going to the protests in Bucharest.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/World-TheNewsInternational/~4/GqZXcQq2KKM
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