Sorin Grindeanu, leader of the Social Democratic Party and a guiding hand of the PSD-backed government led by independent Luca Niculescu, outlined plans to eliminate more than 100 state entities in a wide-reaching reform.<\/p>\n
During an interview on Wednesday, November 11, Grindeanu said he asked interior minister and deputy prime minister Marian Neac\u0219u, who leads the reform initiative, to \u201cshow no mercy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMarian Neac\u0219u will present the first draft concerning the dissolution, merger and reorganisation of state institutions and companies next week. I asked him, on a personal level, to show no mercy. No mercy,\u201d PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu said, cited by Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n The reform is necessary, Grindeanu said, because some state institutions have attributions that overlap with those of other entities. According to him, previous cabinet officials from Save Romania Union (USR) were to blame for this situation.<\/p>\n Throughout the interview, he also placed blame on former Liberal prime minister Ilie Bolojan for failing to reform the state, although PSD has blocked numerous agreed-upon measures during the coalition government.<\/p>\n Another reform announced by the executive concerns the reorganisation of prosecutors’ offices attached to courts of first instance, with their number set to decrease from 175 to 41. According to the plan laid out by the Ministry of Justice, also led by PSD, the new prosecutors’ offices will have a main headquarters in county capital cities, as well as secondary offices attached to all courts of first instance across the country.<\/p>\n According to the ministry, the bill was drafted in cooperation with the Prosecutors’ Section of the Superior Council of Magistracy and the Prosecutor’s Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, and this legislative initiative will be submitted for Government approval and subsequently sent to Parliament for adoption. Once reorganised, these prosecutors’ offices would operate alongside all courts of first instance within the respective county.<\/p>\n Under the new organisational framework, each of these offices will have its own jurisdiction. On the date the law enters into force, prosecutor management positions at the prosecutors’ offices attached to courts of first instance located in places other than county capitals will be converted into non-management positions, with the employees holding management positions reassigned to the new positions.<\/p>\n Following the reorganisation, the 175 prosecutors’ offices attached to courts of first instance across the counties will be reduced to 41, with 41 chief prosecutor positions and 41 chief clerk positions.<\/p>\nReorganisation of prosecutors’ offices<\/h3>\n