The debate over the salaries of judges and prosecutors has entered a sensitive phase, as the Justice Ministry itself admits that the legal basis for the payment formula is missing. According to Justice Minister Toni Gogu, the solution will not come from a clash between institutions, but from an intervention by Parliament at the first plenary session of the new term.
Government acknowledges legal gap
In a statement to the media on Saturday, the justice minister said the issue of magistrates’ salaries has been blocked by a legal vacuum created after the Constitutional Court’s ruling.
According to him, the problem is not linked to a competition between institutions over more or less money, but to the absence of the legal formula that determines magistrates’ pay. Gogu presented this as the main reason why the situation has remained unresolved until now.
Solution delayed until plenary session
The minister said the gap must be filled in Parliament and not through an institutional clash. According to him, the intervention is expected to take place on Tuesday, at the first plenary session of the new parliamentary term.
In essence, the government is shifting responsibility to the legislature, arguing that without clear legal authorization the salary formula cannot be applied. This leaves open the question of why the issue was allowed to reach this point before the start of the session.
Clash with SPAK Special Court position
Asked about the guidance published by the Special Court Against Corruption and Organized Crime, which stresses that Parliament’s failure to act by July 31, 2026 cannot produce a suspensive effect on the implementation of the Constitutional Court’s ruling, Gogu gave a defensive response.
According to the minister, if the Constitutional Court’s ruling had itself determined the legal formula after the deadline expired, he would have implemented it without equivocation. With this position, the minister indicated that the executive sees the absence of the formula as the main obstacle to action.
What happens to salaries until then
The question that remains hanging is what happens to judges, prosecutors and the administration during this transitional period. On this point, Gogu said salaries require legal authorization and a legal formula.
He added that, according to the government, efforts have been made to ensure that payment is not delayed by even a single day. However, the statement did not clarify how the situation will be managed in practice until the announced intervention in Parliament.
The controversy over magistrates’ pay is once again highlighting the tension between court rulings and delayed institutional reaction.
For the moment, everything remains dependent on Parliament’s next step and on how a legal gap that has already produced a public clash between branches of the state will be closed.