Hearing of Aliona Miron, acting SCJ judge

Aliona PUICA was interviewed by the Vetting Commission as acting judge of the Supreme Court of Justice since 2019. The hearing took place in the context of the assessment of the candidate's financial and ethical integrity and was conducted under the provisions of Law 65/2023, rules subordinate to the law and other regulations.

The hearing is the stage of the assessment process where the Commission invites the candidate to discuss the integrity concerns it has about the candidate. After the hearing, the Commission will prepare a report that will include relevant facts, reasons, and a proposal for either promoting or non-promoting the evaluation by the candidate. The report will be sent to the subject of the evaluation and the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM), which will have 30 days from the reception of the Commission's report to issue a reasoned decision.

📜The evaluation of the Supreme Court of Justice judges and of candidates for the position of judge of the Supreme Court of Justice is carried out based on the following principles: a) independence of the Evaluation Commission; b) fairness of the evaluation procedure; c) publicity of the acts issued in the evaluation process; d) exceptional nature of the evaluation.

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