Justice Minister Tudorel Toader announces rescheduling of parliamentary hearing into GRECO report for May 9

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader on Thursday announced that his hearing in Parliament in connection with a report by the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which should have been held on Thursday, was rescheduled for May 9. 

"Yesterday, at 17:10hrs, I was notified by telephone of the rescheduling of the hearing into the GRECO report! On the same subject, I confirmed my participation in the hearing on 09.05.2018 at 10:00hrs!" Toader said Thursday in a Facebook post. 

In a statement to AGERPRES, Toader said that at the time he published the post, he had received no notification for rescheduling the invitation, reiterating that he would participate in the debate, according to the schedule. 

On Wednesday, PNL deputy floor leader Eugen Pirvulescu announced that Justice Minister Tudorel Toader will come to the Senate's plenary session for a Question Time on May 9, at 10:00hrs, instead of on May 3 as initially established. He added that the postponement was proposed by Senate PSD leader Serban Nicolae, who motivated the postponement by the fact that on Thursday, May 3, Minister Tudorel Toader attends the Government meeting. 

PNL national leader Ludovic Orban announced on April 11 that the Liberals had decided to request Justice Minister Tudorel Toader to participate in a Question Time in the Senate following the report by the Council of Europe's GRECO. 

GRECO is deeply concerned about certain aspects in the Law on the Statutes of Judges and Prosecutors, the Law on the Organisation of the Judiciary and the Law on the Supreme Council of Magistrates recently adopted by the Romanian Parliament, as well as draft amendments to criminal legislation.