The government backed down Sunday following 6 days of street protests but plans to introduce another version of the law in Parliament, where it would be debated and possibly passed.
High officials who commit small crimes and minor officials who corrupt bigly are equally guilty – that is the global consensus according to the rule of law. Romania's constitutional machinery has failed and it needs to reform its constitution to bring it up to date. The heads of the executive, legislative, judicial and procuratorial branches should all be elected in alternating years, and 1/4 of all MPs should face election each year. See the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development.
