Considerable steps towards change have been taken in Moldova’s legal system, said Minister of Justice Oleg Efrim. In an interview for Info-Prim Neo of the series “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans’ life”,{which was published on December 17, 2012}, the minister said that he was far from being triumphal and from saying that we solved the problems in the legal system or we already have the legal system we wanted, but considerable steps towards change have been taken. “These steps refer to a multitude of aspects, mainly to the transformation in the judicial system and the combating of corruption. We follow the reform implementation schedule that we set, in accordance with the justice sector reform strategy. We go towards achieving the wanted results with confident and determined steps,” said the minister. According to Oleg Efrim, justice in any society is its backbone and, evidently, it’s not easy to make the vertebral column straight when it has been curved for a very long time. At least it’s not possible for this transformation to take place overnight. “It must be noted that the transformation process started. A system approach to the changes needed in the legal system was adopted. The justice sector reform strategy was approved a year ago. It is a very important policy document and I want to note that it is for the first time that our country accepted a visionary document of transformations in the legal system for an average, five-year period. Besides being a strategic document for an average timeframe, it is for the first time that we make changes to the whole justice system, not only to parts of it, as they tried until now in the legal system or the prosecution service and other authorities. “What we aim to do based on this strategy and the plan of action for implementing the justice sector reform strategy, is to bring about changes, first of all to the law education in higher education establishments, and then to reform the Constitutional Court, with emphasis on the transformation of the legal system, the prosecution service, the Ministry of the Interior, the juridical professions such as lawyers, notaries and bailiffs,” said Oleg Efrim The Info-Prim Neo interviews of the series “Year 2012 in Moldova’s and Moldovans’ life”, which were launched on December 6, include the opinions of 12 interviewees about the performance of the passing year. The interview with the minister of justice is the fifth one.