Augustin Lazar

Romania's Attorney General Augustin Lazar on Monday said that he had requested official permission from the president to prosecute former president Ion Iliescu and former Prime Minister Petre Roman for crimes against humanity in the 1989 revolution. Former deputy prime minister Gelu Voican Voiculescu is also set to be prosecuted.

Former Prime Minister Petre Roman came out to say that the request of Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar to start criminal investigation against him in the December 1989 Revolution case is "outrageous" and "extremely surprising", arguing that in the respective period he had no capacity whatsoever to be able to influence military actions.

Chair of the National Union of Romanian Judges (UNJR) Dana Garbovan argues that the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) has no powers to check the legality of the protocols between the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) and the Public Prosecution Service Ministry but it is under an obligation to request the declassification of such "engineering."

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Tuesday sent the protocols concluded with the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) to the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) and Justice Minister Tudorel Toader, informs the Prosecutor's Office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ).

Attorney General Augustin Lazar said on Tuesday, about a request from the Minister of Justice, Tudorel Toader, for the declassification of protocols concluded between prosecution bodies and the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI), that the Public Prosecution Service will first conduct a legality analysis, and then make a decision.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader requested on Monday Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar to declassify the protocols concluded between the structures of the Prosecutor's Offices and the Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI).

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar on Wednesday, at the presentation of the 2017 activity report of the Public Ministry, said that the constitutional and legal provisions currently ensure the operational independence of prosecutors in making decisions and prevent interferences or interventions of other authorities from outside judiciary power.

Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar tells AGERPRES in a recent interview that the "noise" around the judiciary in Romania must not impress anyone in the justice system, as it is necessary to secure "uncompromised" institutions and a firm rule of law at European level.

In an interview with AGERPRES Romania's Prosecutor General Augustin Lazar defends his fellow prosecutors against the tendency to generalize a media-induced perception that investigations would be falling short of professional standards, prosecutors would misconduct and use abusive lingo.

The negative opinion given by the prosecutors' Section with the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) on the Justice minister's proposal to remove from office the Chief Prosecutor of the National Anti-corruption Directorate (DNA) confirms the point of view constantly expressed by the leadership of the Prosecutor's office attached to the High Court of Cassation and Justice