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The civilian prosecutor general appointed the military
prosecutor with concurrence of the minister of national
defense.
The military Procuratura operated an extensive system of
courts,
which tried military personnel for violations of the
military oath
and regulations and held courts-martial for certain
offenses.
Military courts also exercised original jurisdiction over
cases
involving civilian offenses committed by those in the
military
services. More unusually, they heard cases of
transgressions
against the socialist order or the security of the state
in both
peacetime and wartime regardless of whether the accused
was
military or civilian. Cases brought before military courts
were
tried in closed session with even less concern for due
process and
the rights of the accused than was shown in civilian
courtrooms.
The use of secret proceedings reduced the chances of
negative
international publicity for the PCR and the Ceausescu
regime that
could result from open trials of alleged criminals.
Data as of July 1989
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