Prime Minister Maia Sandu on June 25 requested the Supreme Council of Magistracy to start the real cleanup of the judicial system. At the start of the Council’s meeting, the Premier told the magistrates that the judges who took illegal decisions should leave, while those who are honest should be promoted to higher posts, IPN reports.

“We cannot further tolerate the unserious, disrespectful attitude towards the law and the people when the whole country cries for justice, while the SCM pretends not to be seeing anything,” stated Maia Sandu.

The Premier warned the SCM members that if they don’t change things, the Government and Parliament will come up with the necessary solutions. “All those who took illegal decisions, and this is known, should be penalized and removed from the system. The decisions should be correct, independent from any economic or judicial influence,” she stated.

Maia Sandu noted the SCM is to blame for the fact that corrupt judges, people who serve the interests of a political clan or an economic clan, who disobeyed the law for many years, now work in the judicial system. “Today I said it clearly that the political class is for reforms in the justice sector and they have no reasons to say that they do not have conditions for reform. We expect them to start the cleanup of the judicial system,” stated the official.

If no decisions are taken during the next few days, Maia Sandu said the makeup of the Supreme Council of Magistracy will be reviewed.