Gown becomes a problem for lawyers

The lawyers complain that though they were obliged to wear gowns during hearings, the courts are not outfitted with special rooms where they could change clothes and put gowns on, especially now in winter, Info-Prim Neo reports. In the Lawyers Congress on Saturday, Gheorghe Amihalachioaie, the president of the Lawyers Union, said no court in Moldova has such rooms even if the law porvides for this. Another lawyer from Chisinau, Iurie Cuciuc said the courts are very poor and do not have even enough chairs in the rooms where the hearings are held. "There are no rooms where we can change and where we could examine the cases. We do not have chairs on which to sit," said Iurie Cuciuc. "The gown should be ironed and clean so that we look appropriately," said another lawyer Eugenia Moldovan. The lawyers in Moldova are obliged to wear gowns in hearings from January 1, 2011.