Hearing of Dumitru Racoviță, candidate to the Board for the selection and evaluation of judges

The judge within the Ungheni District Court, Dumitru Racoviță, was interviewed by the Vetting Commission as a candidate for the position of member in the Board for the selection and evaluation of judges of the Superior Council of Magistracy. The hearing took place in the context of the assessment of the candidate's financial and ethical integrity, which was conducted under the provisions of Law 26/2022, rules subordinate to the law and other regulations.

After analyzing the accumulated information, the Commission has not identified doubts requiring discussions in a hearing according to Article 12 of Law 26/2022. All aspects pertaining to the verification of their financial and ethical integrity have been thoroughly clarified through written communication with the candidate and his interaction with the Commission, during which the subject also provided confirmatory documents. Thus, at the interview candidate Racoviță was asked to confirm the accuracy and validity of the information provided in the declarations, ethics questionnaire, and responses given to the Commission throughout the evaluation.

The Vetting Commission will issue a decision on whether the candidate has passed or failed the evaluation.

📜The evaluation of candidates for the positions of members in the self-administration bodies of judges 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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