During a meeting on Tuesday, September 1, with the new permanent magistrates who graduated from the National Institute of Magistracy, Romanian president Nicu\u015for Dan said that people\u2019s trust in the justice system is a major indicator for effective government.<\/p>\n
The head of state argued that only a quarter of Romanians trust the justice system at present. \u201cThe justice service is public (..) and the most important indicator is people\u2019s 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,\u201d the head of state told the new magistrates.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Romania will have to balance politics and justice, he noted. \u201cFirst it was the political side that neglected (the balance), after which excesses also occurred from the other side; I am referring especially to the area of salaries, and after that, most seriously, a campaign of blaming the entire professional body began. And this, obviously, is not healthy for either side,\u201d Nicu\u015for Dan also said.<\/p>\n
He also spoke of the \u201cgood faith\u201d that could \u201carrange all these individual good intentions into a system that works.\u201d<\/p>\n