Two candidates nominated by the Parliament for positions in the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM), Tatiana Ciaglic and Ion Guzun, have passed the evaluation of the Pre-Vetting Commission, it is announced in a statement on Tuesday, March 14.

The Commission’s decisions were forwarded to the candidates and to the institution responsible for organising the competition, in this case the Parliament. Tatiana Ciaglic and Ion Guzun announced that they accept the publication of the decisions, which have been placed on the Commission’s website.

“At the end of last week, the Pre-Vetting Commission concluded the hearing of the remaining non-judge candidates for the SCM positions.

Out of the 12 candidates with professional experience in law or other relevant field included in the list sent to the Pre-Vetting Commission by the Parliament, seven candidates attended the hearings, as two candidates withdrew from the competition, two others did not submit their declaration for 5 years on time, thus not passing the evaluation, and one candidate requested to be evaluated without attending the hearings.

Therefore, so far, two candidates have passed the assessment, four candidates have not passed the assessment, and five other candidates are awaiting the decisions of the Pre-Vetting Committee in order to become eligible for a position as a member of the SCM,” the press release said.

According to the Pre-Vetting Commission, Tatiana Chiriac, Tatiana Ciaglic, Ion Guzun, Angela Popil, Valentin Caisîn, Alexandru Postică and Alexandru Rotari were heard in public hearings on 1-9 March and answered questions from Commission members to clarify some relevant aspects of the evaluation process.

“According to the Law No. 26/2022 on some measures related to the selection of candidates for membership in the self-administrative bodies of judges and prosecutors and the Evaluation Regulation, the video recordings of the hearings were published on the website of the Pre-Vetting Commission www.vetting.md and the Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@comisia.prevetting.

In the coming period, the Pre-Vetting Commission will work on drafting decisions on whether non-judge candidates will be promoted or not. Similar to the group of judicial candidates, non-judges are assessed by the Pre-Vetting Commission in order to become eligible for membership of the SJC,” says a Commission press release.

In parallel with its work on decisions, the Pre-Vetting Commission says it is also assessing candidates for membership of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (SCP).

Only 5 of the 28 judges who applied for SCM membership (from among judges) passed the integrity test, wealth check, tax history. The others failed the Pre-Vetting Commission assessment.