LEADER OF “OUR PARTY”: THE PRESIDENT DID NOT PROMULGATE THE LAW ON ADVOCACY BECAUSE SHE WAS “SCARED”

Renato Usatii, the Chairman of Our Party, said on Tuesday that President Maia Sandu's decision not to promulgate the law on advocacy was due to the fact that “lawyers stood together, they could not force it through, because they were scared.”

The politician wrote about this on social networks, calling the return of the law for revision “a victory for the Union of Lawyers and a manifestation of solidarity of the professional community.”

He is sure that ”the refusal to promulgate is not related to reforms, as it is officially presented, but was a consequence of the determined resistance of professionals.’

“All the fairy tales about “reforms” are for naive people. Reality? Zero dialogue with professionals. And in this situation, only the "enemies of freedom" who did not support lawyers were on the side of the authorities,” the politician concluded.

The parliamentary majority voted in haste for amendments to the Law on Advocacy, without completing the necessary approval and discussion procedures, which caused a negative reaction from lawyers and the opposition. On July 15, lawyers declared a general strike and said they would not return to professional activity until the president refused to promulgate the law. As a result, Sandu returned the laws for reconsideration by the parliament, which is to be elected on September 28.