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In order to fulfill its constitutional role, the People’s Advocate acts as a mediator<\/strong><\/span>, trying to find and propose solutions, either by bringing those involved to the same table, or by issuing recommendations.<\/p>\n At the same time, the People’s Advocate contributes to detecting and combating the phenomena that lead to the violation of citizens’ rights and freedoms, focusing on the need to continuously improve the activity of public administration in order to respect the legitimate interests of citizens.<\/p>\n Means of intervention:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The departments of the institution (specialized on various fields of activity) may request clarifications from the public authorities who are the subject of complaints or carry out investigations<\/strong><\/span> at their premises, in order to clarify the problems notified by the citizens or the problems in connection with which the institution proceeded ex officio as a result of the information that appeared in the public space.<\/p>\n During these investigations, the Ombudsperson, their deputies and the specialized staff of the institution have the right to enter the headquarters of any public administration authority, public institution or any public service subordinated to a public administration authority, even without announcing previously the concerned authority or its hierarchically superior leader, only on the basis of the power of attorney issued by the Ombudsperson or their deputies and \/ or the work ID badge.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n They shall have access to any information or documents necessary for the investigation, may hear and take statements from the heads of public administration authorities and from any public servant who can give the information necessary for the resolution of the investigation. The Ombudsperson and their deputies have access, in accordance with the law, to classified information held by public authorities.<\/p>\n Depending on the problems identified, the higher hierarchical leaders of the authorities who are guilty of violating the fundamental rights and freedoms of the citizens may be notified, with the request to take measures and communicate them immediately to the People’s Advocate institution.<\/p>\n When it is not possible to intervene:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The limits of competence and, implicitly, of action of the People’s Advocate are given both by the constitutional text (Art. 58) and by its organic law (Art. 1, Art. 17 para. 4, Art. 17 para. 5, Art. 21 of Law No. 35\/1997).<\/p>\n Therefore, there is a legal impediment for the Institution of the People’s Advocate to resolve any complaints concerning:<\/p>\n In all these cases, the complaints will be rejected without further explanation.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n Shall not considered and therefore will not be resolved the complaints which:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Also manifestly unfounded complaints may be rejected.<\/u><\/em><\/p>\n The People’s Advocate does not have the power of legislative initiative (Art. 74 paragraph 1 of the Constitution), therefore it cannot promote draft laws or other normative acts for the modification \/ completion of legislation. <\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In order to fulfill its constitutional role, the People’s Advocate acts as a mediator, trying to find and propose solutions, either by bringing those involved to the same… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":929,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2425","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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