Sorin Costreie, about the plagiarism accusations against a colleague in the Nicolae government. "He doesn't

Sorin Costreie, about the plagiarism accusations against a colleague in the Niculescu government. "I did not choose him" The proposed Minister for Education and Research, Sorin Costreie, stated on Monday regarding the plagiarism accusations against his cabinet colleague, Radu Marinescu, proposed for Justice, that he does not feel "comfortable" with this situation, but the fact that such situations arise is "a problem of meritocracy" and "a problem in the education system," according to Agerpres. When asked how he sees the fact that Radu Marinescu, the proposed Minister of Justice, is accused of plagiarizing more than half of his doctoral thesis, Costreie said: "I do not feel comfortable, but I did not choose him." "What jurisdiction do I have over the Ministry of Justice? It is not my choice. I support the law. As long as there is a court decision or something happens, we will see. This tells you: I do not feel comfortable. I support that we must have a meritocratic education and, in general, society must become meritocratic. Or, here, at the time when we have such problems, I believe it is a problem of meritocracy and a problem in the education system, but also in society as such," Costreie affirmed. More than half of the doctoral thesis of the Minister of Justice, Radu Marinescu, is plagiarized, wrote Emilia Șercan in January in PressOne. According to the analysis, at least 56.68% of the pages of the work titled System of Evidence in Civil Proceedings contain text copied from other authors, specifically 140 pages out of the 247 pages of the work. Radu Marinescu obtained a doctorate in Law in 2009, at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences of the University of Craiova, under the supervision of Professor Ion Dogaru. Most of the plagiarized content comes from three other works, and in some situations, the textual thefts word for word extend up to 25 consecutive pages, noted Emilia Șercan. Minister Radu Marinescu denied, in a statement given to PressOne, that he violated the standards for the preparation of a scientific work: "I do not consider that I have plagiarized. I can tell you that." He also stated that he elaborated the thesis "in accordance with the time norms and under the supervision of a reputable academic professor."