ALERT: Austin Lazar's lawyer calls for the end of Alba Iulia's lawsuit after the Attorney General's retirement – News by sources

Augustin Lazar's lawyer called for the end of the trial on Tuesday when the Attorney General challenged the proposed removal, arguing that he had lost the quality of his retired client. The Court of Appeal of Alba Iulia remained in office, according to Mediafax.

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"In the Lazar case against the Ministry of Justice, during today 's trial (Tuesday – Wednesday), the three adjoining interventions in the case were discussed and the court stayed the proceedings. admissibility of the motions and the disinterest shown by the defense of Augustin Lazar, as well as in the case invoked by the defense of Augustin Lazar, published in the Official Journal of the decree on the dismissal of Mr. Augustin Lazar ", said Cosmin Muntean. , spokesperson of the Court of Appeal of Alba Iulia.

Magistrates of the High Court of Cassation and Justice (ICCJ) decided in late January that the trial by which the Attorney General Augustin Lazar had challenged the proposal to revoke a post submitted by the Minister of Justice would be judged before the Court of Appeal of Alba Iulia. That after November 2018, the representative of the Ministry of Justice asked that the lawsuit be started before the court of appeal of Bucharest, invoking the exception of territorial jurisdiction, while the lawyer of Augustin Lazar requested that the trial be continued in Alba's court of appeal. Iulia, relying on the fact that the Attorney General is domiciled there.

The appeal court of Alba Iulia then accepted the exception relating to territorial incompetence, so that the trial would continue before the Bucharest Court of Appeal.

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader has repeatedly accused Augustin Lazar of taking the time to challenge his dismissal in order to end his term as Attorney General.

The proceedings for the dismissal of Attorney General Augustin Lazar were initiated by Minister Tudorel Toader on October 24, 2018. Attorney General Augustin Lazar has filed an application with the Alba Court of Appeal for a stay of proceedings. dismissal order issued by Justice Minister Tudorel Toader

Tudorel Toader said, during a debate in the CSM, on the revocation of Augustin Lazar, that one of the reasons to trigger this procedure is also that of the 2016 protocol, signed by the Attorney General. Toader said that it was out of order because Lazar had initially disapproved the protocols.

Attorney General Augustin Lazar replied that the evaluation report written by Tudorel Toader was an essay and that all aspects of the document had as a common denominator the instrumentation of the case with the protest of August 10th.