Source: presidency.ro
Following serious concerns about Romania’s new whistleblowing law, an opposition political party has complained to Romania’s constitutional court. USR’s (Save Romania Union) submission to the Court states that the draft version of the new legislation adopted in the Chamber of Deputies differs substantially from the one adopted by the Senate; and that this undermines the constitutionally protected bicameralism principle.
USR also argued that the certain provisions of the new law are not sufficiently clear, in particular, the protection of reporting of classified information, and the regulation of anonymous reporting.
On the 13 July 2022, the Constitutional Court ruled that the transposition law does respect the relevant Constitutional standards. The Court’s judgment published last week was made available online.
However, on the 28 July 2022, the Romanian President sent the law back to Parliament to be re-examined. In the re-examination request, the President raised concerns similar to those raised by civil society, emphasising also out that the EU Directive on whistleblowing law they were purporting to implement, appears not to be fully transposed.