Hearing of Viorica Puica, candidate for the position of judge of the SCJ

Viorica PUICA has been a magistrate since 2002 and worked at the Chisinau Court, from where she was temporarily transferred to the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in May 2023. Magistrate Puica was interviewed by the Vetting Commission as a candidate for the position of judge of the Supreme Court of Justice. 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 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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