President Traian Basescu sustains a press conference at Cotroceni on the law he promulgated, on measures to accelerate trials. Follow in the article the President's most important declarations.
Here are the President's most important declarations
the law is just as important as the civil and penal codes that will enter into force later on, towards the end of the year the law answers to the need of Romanians for trials to be judged faster and better
novelty issues: the number of persons who can appeal to a law is expanded: the people's lawyer can appeal, or the higher court of justice; a specialized committee is set up so that apeals are judged faster and better
to judge the appeals, a new position is created, that of the delegated judge who sets up a report that is presented to the committee
judges can rule on any trial that involves payments up to 2,000 lei so that we can avoid the higher court to judge small fines cases
lawyers can no longer move the trial to any court across the country to stall time - the new law regulates when, how and where can trials be moved to other courts
judges need to set short terms, no more long terms
people cannot ask for delays in trial if they change their lawyer - there were many who changed 20 lawyers to stall time the new law rules that mediation must be seeked, in commercial trials and divorce trials
the law rules that people can divorce without a trial, at the notary - the notary can validate the trial, with the sharing of goods and responsibilities as the parties understood each other
the higher court will not have 9 judges as before, but it will have two committees of 5 judges each
some modifications brough to the penal code are very important: the requests for temporary release will be judged by a