Justice in Romania no longer serves justice—it delivers statute of limitations on demand. 🏛️⚖️ The case of Sector 3 Mayor, Robert Negoiță, is an open lesson in how the "silent mechanism" works to wash away grand corruption right before our eyes. 🔴 The playbook in a nutshell: The damage: A massive loss of over €100 million (RON 578 million) inflicted on the local budget. The effort: 4 years of trial proceedings, 46 hearings, dozens of witnesses questioned, and final accounting audits completed. The case was just one step away from a verdict. The maneuver: The head of the Bucharest Court of Appeal chose not to extend the presiding judge's secondment. No public explanation—just an "administrative change" of the judicial panel. The outcome: Under Constitutional Court rulings, the entire trial STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN FROM SCRATCH. All 9 defendants and 47 witnesses must be re-questioned. The predictable finale: The clock keeps ticking toward the statute of limitations (deadline: 2028), ensuring the guilty walk free with public money in their pockets. We can no longer talk about judicial independence when secondments and panel swaps act like a political kill switch. Whenever a hundred-million-euro corruption case nears its end, someone simply presses "reset." Romania isn't just suffering from legal loopholes; it suffers from institutional capture, where the statute of limitations has become the ultimate getaway card for the untouchables. 🔗 Full details in the G4Media investigation: https://www.g4media.ro/exclusiv-procesul-lui-robert-negoita-cu-prejudiciu-de-100-de-milioane-de-euro-se-reia-de-la-zero-sefa-curtii-de-apel-bucuresti-liana-arsenie-a-schimbat-completul-dupa-4-ani-de-judecata-risc-m.html #JusticeInRomania #RuleOfLaw #Corruption #StatuteOfLimitations #RobertNegoita #CourtOfAppeal #Romania
