The Government gave up the idea of creating a consultative Council on judiciary reform of the after a similar body was proposed by interim President Marian Lupu. The announcement was made on Monday, May 23, by Prime Minister Vlad Filat, Info-Prim Neo reports. “I was in the middle of consultations with the people who were to be members of the council when, surprisingly, a similar initiative was launched by President Marian Lupu. The council has been created, consultation has begun and the people who were supposed to be in the first body have been put in an awkward situation”, said the Prime Minister. Vlad Filat explained that because of these actions, the general opinion was that between the Prime Minister and the President there was an unconstructive competition, which could hamper the Government’s activity and the relationships within the AEI. “I don’t want people working in the judiciary and even simple citizens to be offered a repugnant show of “who’s the most reforming”, of a fight for power and influence in the domain. People want results, not shows”, stated Filat. The Prime Minister said that the decision to give up the Council on the judiciary reform was taken on Monday, together with the Minister of Justice, Oleg Efrim. The latter was delegated to offer some recommendations to the council created by Marian Lupu, during its first meeting, on Tuesday. However, Filat refused to give any details about these recommendations, claiming he didn’t want the council to find about them from the press. “The only goal is to boost the council’s efficiency”, he mentioned. “My mission as Prime Minister is to provide the necessary framework for reforms to develop efficiently. That’s why I decided to be reconciliatory once again, as I did many times before, in order to prevent the egos and political fight from damaging Moldova’s future. I’d be glad if some of my colleagues followed my example”, concluded Vlad Filat. On May 19, interim President Marian Lupu signed a decree creating the National Council for the reform of the judiciary. The members of the Council are deputies, heads of law enforcing bodies like CCCEC, MAI, SIS and representatives of specialized NGOs.