According to the Ministry’s document, the government supplemented the budget of the Ministry of Justice by an amount of 1 billion lei through an emergency budget adjustment order to pay the salary rights established by court decisions and administrative acts in favor of judges. of justice It comes hours after USR MP Claudio Nesui accused the government of “wanting to buy the silence of judges” to “quietly pass” controversial justice laws.

• According to the Justice Department document, “payment of these outstanding rights will be made in accordance with the contributions achieved by each” of the judges, “according to the date of execution of the court decision.”

Former Economy Minister Claudio Nesui said on Thursday that the government included in the budget adjustment an additional amount to pay arrears of wages established by court decisions because “the government wants to buy the silence of judges with the help of taxpayers.” “money”.

“Sure, but they want to quietly pass their new package of laws that take control of the justice system, and they want quiet. So they will give 1 billion of your money directly to that,” he said.

As a reminder, new justice laws designed to correct the pernicious changes made by the SDP government were passed by the government on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Nicolae Chuke said at the start of the executive session that the process by which these laws were developed was “an example of maturity and responsibility for all institutions involved”, while Justice Minister Katalin Predoyu spoke of “consolidating the independence of the judiciary” through new normative acts.

However, associations of magistrates speak of “compromising some progress achieved in the fight against corruption and organized crime.”

The projects to amend the laws on justice have been sharply criticized by three associations of magistrates, who say that “the minister of justice without any limits is deceiving the European partners in an insidious and endless game”, as many of the harmful changes criticized have been supported by international organizations in recent years. years