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During the first meeting of the General Council of Bucharest in the 2012-2016 incumbency, we noted that these meetings were no longer open to the public. The signatories of the present letter consider that preparing a special room destined to watching Council meetings is not in the spirit of the law and principles of participative democracy, quite the contrary. Moreover, separating citizens from local elected representatives will have a major impact on direct communication between the two categories, the council meeting being one of the main occasions when citizens are able to take part in decision making regarding the city management.

We wish to reiterate here our opinion that a revision of the election lists, by any procedure, may only be done for the future, and cannot be taken into consideration for the recent July 29 referendum, which must be validated or invalidated according to rules in place at the time of the ballot, as underlined by the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Curtea Europeană a Drepturilor Omului a pronunţat o hotărâre în cauza Iacov Stanciu c. României (35972/05), a condamnat statul român pentru încălcarea articolului 3 al Convenției, dreptul de a nu fi supus unui tratament degradant, și a decis că problemele legate de condițiile de detenție din penitenciarele românești sunt recurente