{"id":7635,"date":"2025-11-11T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7635"},"modified":"2025-11-11T08:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:00:29","slug":"romanias-superior-council-of-magistracy-files-criminal-complaint-against-deputy-pm-over-pension-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7635","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Superior Council of Magistracy files criminal complaint against deputy PM over pension comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) has filed a criminal complaint against deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu, accusing her of \u201cviolating the independence of justice and the status of magistrates in an irresponsible and populist manner,\u201d the institution announced.<\/p>\n

The move follows Gheorghiu\u2019s recent comments on Digi24<\/a>, calling for a reduction in magistrates\u2019 special pensions, which the CSM claims amounted to incitement to hatred and violence against members of the judiciary.<\/p>\n

The council argued that her statements undermined public confidence in the justice system and represented a form of political interference in judicial independence.<\/p>\n

During the interview, Gheorghiu said that the funds used to cover special pensions, including those for magistrates, come at the expense of other public services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe money used to pay for magistrates\u2019 and other special pensions is taken from other sources, from children, from hospitals, and those who receive them should think about where it would be appropriate to get funds to pay their high incomes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

She also criticized the system that allows magistrates to benefit from large compensation awards made through court rulings by their peers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey get [this money] from somewhere, and they can take it from the mouth of a child who goes to bed hungry, from the budget of a hospital that has no medicines. This money is not printed and does not come out of thin air; it comes from somewhere. And maybe that\u2019s what people don\u2019t understand: that when you receive privileges, for you to have privileges, someone is left behind,\u201d Gheorghiu stated.<\/p>\n

The complaint <\/a>intensifies tensions between the judiciary and the Government as officials race to reform the special pensions system by November 28, a key deadline for unlocking EUR 870 million in suspended EU funds under the Resilience Facility.<\/p>\n

(Photo: George Calin\/ Inquam Photos)<\/em><\/p>\n

iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) has filed a criminal complaint against deputy prime minister Oana Gheorghiu, accusing her of \u201cviolating the independence of justice and the status of magistrates in an irresponsible and populist manner,\u201d the institution announced. The move follows Gheorghiu\u2019s recent comments on Digi24, calling for a reduction in magistrates\u2019 special pensions, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7635\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}