The people must have the right to record the hearings in which they take part without asking for the magistrate’s permission, considers the nongovernmental organization “Center for Public Authorities Monitoring and Initiatives”, which submitted a bill on the amendment of the Civil Procedure Code to the Ministry of Justice, Info-Prim Neo reports. The Center’s head Ion Dron told a news conference that the magistrates often have an irresponsible behavior at the hearings. The manner in which the hearings are held is revolting. “The Center ascertained that some of the magistrates’ irresponsibility, the absence of transparency, the method of holding some of the hearings and the neglecting of certain norms are causes that significantly reduced the credibility of justice. Thus, the bill strengthens the trial rights. The participants in the trial must be allowed to record every hearing with their own technical means,” said Ion Dron. According to the jurist, the civil and penal procedure norms say the hearings must be recorded at the expense of the state, but the person’s right in this sense cannot be exercised in the current conditions. Ion Dron said the courts of law do not record the hearings because their equipment is defective, they do not have personnel, are often disconnected from the electric power supply, and other causes. “As the magistrates do not want and the state is unable to, the bill can be implemented in the absence of financial, technical and other conditions invoked today as reasons for violating the rights of the participants in the trial. No budgetary allocations are needed to put the law into practice,” said the jurist. In Moldova, there are 53 courts of law. According to the Supreme Council of Magistrates, all the courts have been outfitted equipment, but it is not used for different reasons.