1st September: Florentina fires her lawyer

Amongst a lot to report today, This article from Adevarul states that Florentina Carstea has regular visits from her husband and also that she has been seen by a psychologist. I should think so, too.

The reeeeeeally good news of the day is that Florentina has fired Simona Parvu (hurrah!) and been taken on by Corneliu Liviu Popescu, a professor at the University of Law with excellent credentials. Let's hope he is able to undo the wrongs already sown by Parvu on one side and Iacob on the other... Corneliu Popescu was a judge at the European Court of Justice, and an independent expert at the European Council as well as a Government Expert at the same aforementioned European Council, the Commitee of Experts for the protection of human rights. Exactly what she needs, if you ask me.

His specialist areas are international law of human rights, international humanitarian law and a bunch of others besides. He is completely contactable (which is more than can be said for Iacob whose CV is visibly absent on line) with all necessary information including CV pertaining to scientific research, etc. easy to acquire. He has an office in down-town Bucharest (Kogalniceanu) just round the corner from Cismigiu.

In Jan 2009, he openly criticised Traian Basescu for wanting to amend the Constitution, claiming that it would lead to an authoritarian regime that would allow for errors (see Hotnews). As a result, he withdrew from the presidential commision, which indicates at least to me that he cannot be bought and is an upholder of the law, genuinely concerned for his clients and the state of the justice system. Let's hope this is a real improvement. As things stand, things can't get a whole lot worse.

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