“It was the solution proposed by the Ministry of Justice and accepted in the Parliament. The Romanian state must have healthy tools to combat this incident fugitivestheir. We will continue to fight this scourge! In 2023, the Romanian state paid over 10 million lei for this,” explained the Minister of Justice.
“We brought 618 refugees until October 1 this year. Justice must go all the way!”
The minister’s statements came in the context of the Constitutional Court ruling that the amendments to the Criminal Code were legal and did not violate the Constitution. The law introduces a new crime similar to running away. A person who does not surrender seven days after the court decision is considered to have escaped. Practically, the new article only applies to acts committed after the law came into force. So it is not valid retroactively.
“Unanimously, it rejected the objection of unconstitutionality as unfounded and found that the provisions of Article I, Article 1 and Article II of Law No. 286/2009 on Amending and Supplementing the Criminal Code were appropriate. The Constitutional Court found that the law was constitutional in terms of the criticisms formulated.” He declared that it was.
(source: AFP)
