PNL and USR request resignation of Justice minister, accuse him of sending Romania to Nastase-Stanoiu times

The National Liberal Party (PNL) and Save Romania Union (USR) request in the no-confidence motion titled "the Justice Minister, an F minister" the resignation from office of Tudorel Toader and accuse him, in 20 items, that through his behaviour "he abandoned justice in the hands of criminals" and "has sent Romania backwards, to the Nastase-Stanoiu times, when cases were solved in party meetings." 

For this reason you should have long handed in your resignation! It is not too late now either! (...) You have lost face to your students, to your colleagues whom you cannot deceive and manipulate, you have made a fool of yourself in front of the entire country, except for Liviu Dragnea [Social Democratic Party, PSD, leader, ed.n.] &Co. You are the one who severely damages Romania's image abroad, not so much through the words you utter more or less shrewdly, but especially through your deeds! In vain are you stating in carefully crafted sentences that you promote the independence of justice, that you support the fight against corruption, if you do the exact opposite through your deeds," the text of the motion maintains. 

The authors of the motion reproach Toader that "beside some exotic trips, on public money (...) sketching fantasy projects like the justice neighbourhood in Bucharest", some public appearances in which he displayed "the so-called story-telling talent", the public statements "affecting the independence of the judiciary", apart from the "blow" he is trying to deliver to "the fight against corruption" he hasn't got much to show for himself since being in office. 

Point by point, among others, the Justice minister is accused of having promoted "the politicisation of justice." 

"It is common knowledge that you have been the promoter of toxic ideas for the amendment of the justice laws such as absolute control, concentrated in the hands of the Justice minister, the appointments of high level prosecutors, the setting up of a special directorate for the investigation of magistrates, the transfer of the Judicial Inspection under the Justice minister, and so on. (...) Then you have brought these proposals in Parliament, in a folder, not as a draft law assumed by the Gov't but as sheets of paper that you handed in to Mr Florin Iordache as inspiration source and then you disappeared into thin air. You haven't been in Parliament to voice your opinion on such important laws, you washed your hands of the matter. (...) What did you tell your colleagues in the Venice Commission, Mr minister? That they are good laws, that the opposition and many of the Romanian magistrates are rife with bad faith and misinform, or they don't understand the benefits of these laws, that is, you are not going to tell us that you criticised the laws? Were you not in the least embarrassed in front of the other members of the Venice Commission as defender of some laws that weaken the justice and the rule of law in Romania?" reads the text of the motion. 

The authors of the text further convey to Tudorel Toader that as Justice minister, instead of "seriously" analysing the reports of the international bodies - the Venice Commission and GRECO - and take them into account, he "ignored them completely" and questioned the professionalism of the international experts who have drawn up the documents. 

The Justice minister is also criticised for endorsing "all the proposals made by the current power, in support of criminals and to the detriment of the crimes' victims" and not shying away from dealing with his own hand "the lethal blow to the fight against corruption, by proposing a text amending the abuse of office crime which represents a masked decriminalisation of this felony for most situations encountered in practice."