Minister of Justice, Radu Marinescu: “If we liked the spectacle of handcuffs, that would not represent Justice. I believe the president also said that there is no longer any need to see a spectacle, but rather to see concrete results”

Minister of Justice Radu Marinescu stated in a televised interview that the transition from “televised justice” to a system based on compliance with procedures does not represent a regression. He argued that the public presentation of arrests and the “spectacle of handcuffs” did not, in themselves, constitute the administration of justice.

Marinescu said that the public should see the concrete results of judicial institutions, not the exposure of operations or arrests. The minister agreed with the idea that justice should not be turned into a public spectacle.

"In public rhetoric, we can discern several lines of approach and expression. If someone says that the transition from Televised Justice to Justice conducted on procedural principles is a regression, they are wrong. If we liked the spectacle of handcuffs, that did not represent Justice, and the indicators of some prosecutor’s offices showed that there was a fundamental problem; if we no longer see this spectacle so publicly, it does not mean that Justice is not functioning. This is regarding public perception. I believe the president also said that there is no longer any need to see a spectacle, but rather to see concrete results. And I fully agree with what he said," Radu Marinescu stated on Sunday, on B1 TV.

Referring to the fight against corruption, he said that the National Anticorruption Directorate is functioning and achieving results. The Ministry of Justice can support the DNA’s activity through a coherent legislative framework, institutional strengthening, and the allocation of the necessary resources.