Romanian justice minister fears bloggers

Since the beginning of his term in office the new Romanian Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu has been under attack because of the procedures employed for advertising posts in his ministry. The minister had access blocked to a blog in which young judges commented on the procedures. Dorin Petrisor comments: "Many judges, in particular the younger ones, use the internet to divulge their views. They use blogs to comment on the sleazy side of the Romanian judiciary and expose dirty dealings within the ministry of justice. One of these judges described in his blog irregularities in the way the ministry advertises open posts. He pointed to conflicts of interest and demonstrated how the minister had modified the regulations for advertising posts to establish his own rules. It was nothing less than an indictment of the fatuousness with which the judiciary is administrated."

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