The Vetting Commission completed the evaluation of Mihail Lvovschi for the SCJ. The decision of the SCM follows

The Vetting Commission has finalized the evaluation of candidate Mihail Lvovschi for the position of judge at the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and has transmitted 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, a candidate is considered failed if one or more criteria of financial and ethical integrity, as stipulated in Article 11, are found to be unmet.  

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 Mihail Lvovschi. 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 transmitted six evaluation reports to SCM, five of which recommended promotion and one recommended non-promotion. SCM has examined three of these reports, accepting the Vetting Commission's recommendation and confirming promotion.

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 inco

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