





President Traian Basescu: In 2007, prosecutors fought the political class, not the crime
Statements and advices from president Basescu:
- "There is an interest to make Justice less credible... Those who wanted to turn Hayssam into a parliamentarian have all the interest for his departure to remain unexplained".
- "Find a formula so that those called to be heard by anti-graft prosecutors would not have to see the press around them also".
- "Don't let all those who failed as lawyers become prosecutors"
- "Congratulations for not quitting in front of politicians, despite all the impediments"
- "In 2007, we had a minister who fought against the direction of the Prosecutor General".
- "An ordinance was issued, blocking all actions against high-level corruption"
- "Laws were issued, rendering useless the work in blocking the banking frauds".
Prosecutor General Laura Codruta Kovesi referred to the personnel crisis in the system: "There are still prosecutors with over 1,500 files in their hands. It is impossible to demand a just solution in such cases. The lack of solution in the files is not related to interests of third parties, but to the giant quantity of cases".
"1,500 files in a prosecutor's locker are not just a figure, but the reality of a system approaching its collapse", said Kovesi.