





Interim Justice Minister refuses to approve criminal investigation against former and in office ministers
In a press release, the interim Justice Minister mentions that the verification made within the ministry showed that the documentation received from the presidency is incomplete, consisting only in the report put up by case prosecutors and chief prosecutors, without the files themselves. "Under these circumstances, the Justice Minister was not able to make the files available under the conditions of the law".
Under the existing laws, the president does not involve in preliminary investigations, nor does he enable institutions other than the Justice to conduct investigations, therefore he is not forced to have all the documents in a file. Another article that may have caused Melescanu's response - that the President must send the documents to the Prime Minister and the Justice Minister - was declared as anti-Constitutional and can not be invoked. In other words, the president only has to inform the Justice minister on the positive resolution on the opening of a criminal pursuit.
Sources in the prosecution office say that one of the reasons why some documents never make it on the minister's desk is that suspicions exist on papers being sent to the investigated persons or to the media.