According to many world experts who visited EXPO 2017, Kazakhstan has a chance to accelerate the start of a turning point in the development of the green economy. What kind of groundwork has been done and what the International Green Technologies and Investment Center, created this year by the order…
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CSM proposed that for 30 days of detention in improper conditions 3 days should be shaved off the prison sentence, and Parliament approved 6 days   Justice Minister Tudorel Toader points out that the compensatory appeal law was tabled by the previous Government, that the Superior Council of the Magistracy (CSM) proposed that for 30 days of detention in improper conditions 3 days should be shaved off the prison sentence, and Parliament approved 6 days. Toader emphasises that “the impact study is done as part of the legislating procedure, not of the law enforcement stage.” Former Justice Minister Raluca Pruna claims that blaming the technocratic Government for the compensatory appeal law is “only yet another vile action in the long list that history will pin on Toader.” She says that the PSD-ALDE coalition bears the exclusive responsibility for the effects of the law, having adopted a technocratic bill during the Grindeanu Government only to subsequently slaughter it in the Parliament in which they hold the majority, “with the non-involvement – guilty and complicit – of criminal law professor, rector and constitutional judge Toader.” The Justice Minister posted on Sunday on Facebook a message regarding the compensatory appeal. In it, he points out that on 17 November 2016, via address no.68/86950, the Justice Ministry forwarded to the CSM, for endorsement, the bill amending and supplementing Law no.254/2013 on the serving of prison sentences and incarceration measures ordered by judicial bodies. On 29 November 2016, via Decision no.1533, the CSM endorsed the bill. “Section 2 of the [CSM] opinion stipulates that ‘in principle, the proposed compensatory measure should not become liable only for the calculation of the punishment that can be considered served in view of offering parole. In the Plenum’s opinion, the compensation for persons serving incarceration punishments in severe overcrowding conditions becomes effective only if the measure proposed by the bill aims to consider as effectively served 3 days of the punishment for each 30-day period served in improper conditions,” Tudorel Toader points out. Toader points out that the bill was sent by the Government to the Senate on 31 January 2017, before he was sworn in as Justice Minister. He adds that “the initial form stipulated the fact that, in view of parole, 3 days of punishment were to be considered served for 30 days of punishment served in improper conditions, and the rapport made was to 3 square metres for each convict.” The Justice Minister also recalls the Constitutional Court’s decision to reject the unconstitutionality criticism levelled. “In conclusion: the bill was tabled by the previous Government. The CSM considered that in order to be effective, the 3 days can be considered as effectively served, instead of a benefit at parole. Parliament picked up the CSM proposal, and the three days were replaced by six days considered served for each 30 days served in improper conditions. The law was adopted on 14 July 2017, was published in the Official Journal on 18 July 2018, and came into force on 21 July 2017. The impact study is made during the legislation procedure, not during the enforcement stage,” Tudorel Toader wrote in conclusion.   Raluca Pruna: Blaming the technocratic Gov’t for the compensatory appeal law is only yet another vile action in the long list that history will pin on Toader   Former Justice Minister Raluca Pruna claims that blaming the technocratic Government for the compensatory appeal law is “only yet another vile action in the long list that history will pin on Toader.” She says that the responsibility for the effects of this law belongs exclusively to the PSD-ALDE coalition which adopted a technocratic bill during the Grindeanu Government, only to subsequently butcher it in the Parliament in which they hold the majority, “with the non-involvement – guilty and complicit – of criminal law professor, rector and constitutional judge Toader.” “Romania, year 101, day 1. The accomplices to placing society in danger are returning from the parades, removing the tricolour from their necks and starting to do what they know best. Recounting facts in a selective manner is also called lying,” Raluca Pruna wrote on Facebook in response to Tudorel Toader’s posting. “The bill was fundamentally modified in Parliament, namely: 1. The compensatory benefit was extended from 3 days for each 30 consecutive days served in improper conditions to 6 days for each 30 days albeit non-consecutive; 2. The benefit was extended from rigorous verification per room and convict to the situation registered per penitentiary, to note that there are improper detention conditions; 3. The condition was extended from 3 square meters to 4 square meters,” Pruna points out. She points out that “Toader, to whom being Justice Minister seems to mean being some sort of Pilate, had been minister in the Grindeanu Government since 23 February 2017.” “True, the Grindeanu Government adopted the bill in January 2017. But Toader was already minister when the bill was discussed in the Senate (adopted on March 13) and subsequently in the House (adopted on 9 May 2017). Hence Toader had the obligation to defend the bill adopted by the Grindeanu Government and to oppose the amendments that have led today to grave consequences for the safety of citizens. Not only he didn’t do this, but he contributed to it through Ministerial Order no.2772/C/October 2017,” Raluca Pruna added. The ex-minister states that, according to what was rumoured at the time, Toader did not allow ministry experts to go in Parliament and defend the bill. “It would be interesting to see whether someone from the Justice Ministry took part in the proceedings or meetings of any parliamentary committee, during the legislation process. Not from what I know. And I also know that the minister publicly defended the bill and downplayed the devastating effects that were so easy to anticipate. Hence Toader bears the entire responsibility, alongside his masters from the coalition,” she added. Raluca Pruna went on to say: “Blaming the technocratic Government is only yet another vile action in the long list…
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Trade, technology and inter-human relations between the UK and Romania are additional guarantees for a peaceful coexistence, British Ambassador to Romania Andrew Noble said in the beginning of a conference called “The defence and security of Europe and the Black Sea region – the UK, Romania and BREXIT.” He brought to mind the terrible war that took place 100 years ago and the new nations arising after it. In this part of Europe, as he pointed out, the people who spoke Romania reunited for the first time in the modern history, after being under the rule of three different empires. Romania also gained its spot in the family of nations. After one hundred years, security and defence of peoples and our nations remained one of the cardinal duties of our governments, the British official said. Fortunately, these governments, he said, have more and better instruments at their disposal than their predecessors in 1914, in order to be able to prevent conflicts. In Europe and on the other side of the Atlantic, the multilateral inter-dependence of the international institutions, including, but without limitation to the UN, NATO and OSCE, means an approach where all disputes can be solved if there is political will and wish to find peace. Andrew Noble said that our trade, technology and inter-human relations are additional guarantees of our peaceful coexistence. The British Ambassador pointed out that threats to peace and security continue in the present. He also talked about the recent events at the Kerch Strait, which in their turn remind us that threats to peace and security are far from being left in the past. The entry into Romania’s and UK’s air space in 2018 also showed that we cannot be happy with just maintaining our status quo of peace. For there are hybrid threats, sometimes with shocking consequences as in Salisbury of the UK, sometimes in damages caused by the online attacks. This is the context, showed the British official, in which the UK and Romania updated their commitment in the defence and security fields. This is the context for the conference in which the British Ambassador took part, between the British and Romanian specialists in four key-fields of defence and mutual security. In their capacity as members of the NATO club, Romania and UK are showing together what it means to bring an European contribution to the real military and security capability of NATO, pointed out Noble. In the end of his speech, the British Ambassador in Bucharest told the participants in the conference to have as active discussions as possible. He also said he is sure that the discussions at the conference, which enjoyed an active participation of an well-informed and influential audience will help ensuring peace and security on the European continent – we don’t have another continent, so we need to defend the values, territories and peoples of this one. He wished everybody a day with challenging discussions and he wished all Romanians a celebration of the centennial full of joy.
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As many as 21-gun salute will be executed during the military ceremony staged on the National Day in Alba Iulia, in which 1,600 military, 23 aircraft and 150 technical means, from complexes of antiaircraft missiles to mobile radars, will participate, according to a release sent on Tuesday to Agerpres by the Gemina 4th Infantry Division Cluj-Napoca. All the staff and means planned to participate in the ceremonies of 30 November and 1 December in the “City of Greater Union” were deployed in Alba Iulia, Deva, Sibiu and Turda, and general rehearsals and training are to be carried out for the best development of the events. Thus, on Tuesday a lot of front reviews with staff and technique took place within the Alba Iulia military barracks. Likewise, under the command of the Head of the Land Forces Staff, General Liviu Ovidiu Uifaleanu, and the head of the Gemina 4th Infantry Division, Brigadier General Virgil Ovidiu Pop several technical coordination sessions of all structures with the defence system, public order and national security involved in the organisation of the tribute events on the National Day in Alba Iulia, were carried out. The first general training will take place on Wednesday, due to kick off at 13:30 in the “1 Decembrie 1918” Blvd. venue in Alba Iulia, at least a joint parade of all the detachments with troops and technique and several troops’ parade being scheduled. Other training, at the monumental ensembles in the Greater Union’s Monument included are to take place on Thursday, after a schedule to be announced in due time, the source adds. On Friday, military ceremonies will take place at the statues of Ionel Bratianu, Iuliu Maniu, Mihai Viteazul, King Ferdinand and Queen Maria, following that almost 100 military and students with the Gemina 4th Infantry Division, the Mihai Viteazul National Military College, respectively, to attend the National Flag’s raising in the Tricolour Square. Military will also be present in the wreaths laying ceremony at the tombs of Samoila Marza, “the Union’s photographer” and Ion Arion, “the Union’s martyr”. On Saturday, with 15:30 in the presence of President Klaus Iohannis, a military ceremony will take place in the “1 Decembrie 1918” Blvd. area, technically through the tradition, the parade being the main point of attraction of the events of 1 December. As many as 23 detachments will parade on foot counting for rd 1,600 staff with the National Defence Ministry (Land Forces Major Staff, Air Forces Major Staff, the Communications and Information Command and the Command for Special Operations Forces), the Home Affairs Ministry, the Justice Ministry (National Penitentiaries Administration) and the Romanian Intelligence Service. Moreover, 18 wheel parading detachments will participate in the ceremony with approximately 150 technical means (armored amphibious conveyors, reactive missile throwers, various antiaircraft artillery complexes, self-propelled included, complexes of antiaircraft missiles, ground-to-air missile systems, anti-mine special vehicles, cannons and various caliber throwers, communication and computer-based systems, special operations’ forces’ battle technique, mobile radars, special vehicles of other structures in the defense system, public order and national security). The area will be flown over by 23 military aircraft (IAR-330 Puma helicopters, C-27J Spartan airplanes, IAR-99 Soim, F-16 Fighting Falcon). On foot and embarked Polish Army’s formations will be found in the ceremony block. During the parade of the troops, 21-gun salute will be fired, the Gemina 4th Infantry Division Information Bureau says.
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