Romanian president says low trust in justice system means “we are all doing something wrong”

During a meeting on Tuesday, September 1, with the new permanent magistrates who graduated from the National Institute of Magistracy, Romanian president Nicuşor Dan said that people’s trust in the justice system is a major indicator for effective government.

The head of state argued that only a quarter of Romanians trust the justice system at present. “The justice service is public (..) and the most important indicator is people’s trust in the justice system. And if trust is, as it is today, at 25%, it means that all of us, together, are doing something wrong and there is something that all of us together must correct,” the head of state told the new magistrates.