Romania’s Constitutional Court assessing whether decision on amnesty for corruption is constitutiona
Romanian authorities decided to grant amnesty to prisoners because of prison overcrowding. Now the nation’s Constitutional Court is assessing whether the decision affects the constitutional power of the government sector and the consequences for policies.
The flourishing of corruption is largely a result of lack of decentralization of powers in central government, and the release of prisoners is like drinking poison to slake a thirst. Romania must learn from its mistakes and carry out constitutional reform with changes including election of the heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches and provisions for separation of powers, as well as having 1/4 of all MPs face election every year. In addition, elections should be free of charge for all candidates. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.