Judges to check relations between Romania's intelligence services and justice

The National Union of Judges of Romania (UNJR) published yesterday a document of the Supreme Defense Council (CSAT) on the relation between the intelligence services (SRI) and justice in Romania. The document shows that the Supreme Defense Council attributed to the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) tasks which are not provided by the law regulating the operation of the local intelligence services, reports local Mediafax. The National Union of Judges of Romania received this document from CSAT following a request on all the decisions concerning the relations between the state intelligence services and the justice. The document shows that the Supreme Defense Council tasked SRI with preventing the access of “corrupt people” in management positions, although these people hadn’t yet received court sentences. The judges explained that the “trick" to supplement the law "by secret decisions” impedes the citizens to actually know what are the real competences of a state institution. The CSAT document also mentions that the cooperation between SRI and the justice institutions took the shape of mixed teams, with representatives of the prosecution. In 2014, former president Traian Basescu mentioned the mixed teams made up of SRI members and prosecutors. However, these mixed teams have no legal basis. The Judicial Inspection of the Magistrates’ Superior Council (CSM) also announced yesterday that it would control whether the information presented in the report drafted by the Henry Jackson Society has prejudiced the independence of the judiciary. This report aims to prove that SRI and DNA have tried to undermine the justice in Romania. The Romanian Intelligence Service’s deputy director, suspended after controversial recordings editor@romania-insider.com (photo source: SRI- Serviciul Roman de Informatii on Facebook)