The Vetting Commission completed the evaluation of Ion Buruiană for the SCJ and submitted its report to the SCM

The Vetting Commission finalized the evaluation of candidate Ion Buruiană for the position of judge at the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and submitted its report to the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM), with proposal of failing the external evaluation. According to the criteria set forth by Law 65/2023, the evaluation is considered failed if the candidate didn’t meet one or more criteria of financial and ethical integrity, as provided by Article 11.

The report sent to SCM contains details regarding the evaluation, relevant facts, and the reasons underlying the Commission's conclusion, and has also been transmitted to the candidate under evaluation. At this stage of the process, the Vetting Commission is only authorized to provide information about the evaluation outcome. The next step involves SCM's examination of the evaluation results in a public session, where a decision will be made based on the information provided by the Evaluation Commission, and a reasoned decision will be issued regarding Ion Buruiană. The evaluation report will be published on the Vetting Commission's website within 3 days of SCM's decision, in accordance with Law 65/2023 and the Rules of Organization and Functioning of the Commission.  

To date, the Vetting Commission has sent seven evaluation reports to the SCM. Five of them are with the proposal of passing and two recommended failing the evaluation. The SCM has examined the five reports with the proposal to pass and accepted them.

It is worth recalling that the Vetting Commission conducts external evaluations of judges and candidates for the position of judge at the SCJ under the provisions of Law 65/2023. The evaluation entails a detailed examination of the financial and ethical integrity of the subjects. For ethical integrity evaluation, the analysis period is up to 10 years, focusing on whether the subject has engaged in arbitrary behavior or conflicts of interest incompatible with the held position. For financial integrity evaluation, the analysis period is up to 12 years, focusing on compliance with the tax and legal regime for declaring assets and personal interests, the manner of acquiring property, including expenses related to maintaining such property, and sources of income.  

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