The Pre-Vetting Commission has completed the evaluation process for the 40 judicial and non-judicial candidates seeking to become eligible for membership of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM). The evaluation process covered 28 judicial candidates, registered in the competition organized by the SCM, and 12 non-judicial candidates, admitted to the competition organized by the Parliament. However, 31 candidates completed the full evaluation process, while 9 candidates either withdrew from the competition or did not submit the documents required by law for the evaluation within the prescribed timeframe, which resulted in their failure to pass the evaluation.

Out of the total 40 candidates, 5 judges and 3 non-judges passed the evaluation, which corresponds to a pass rate of 18% for judges and 25% for non-judges. 29 candidates participated in the public hearings conducted by the Pre-Vetting Commission. Two candidates requested to be evaluated without participating in a public hearing.

Out of 32 decisions failing the candidate, 18 judicial and 4 non-judicial candidates appealed the decision to the SCJ. So far, two of the appeals have been resolved, with the decisions of the Pre-Vetting Commission upheld.

More than 70% of candidates agreed to the publication of the Pre-Vetting Commission’s decision. Most of the Commission’s decisions were adopted unanimously by the six members of the Commission, with the exception of four decisions concerning judicial candidates where there was also a dissenting opinion.

The decisions of the Pre-Vetting Commission and the dissenting opinions can be found here https://vetting.md/en/decisions/. Videotapes of the public hearings are also available on the Commission’s Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@comisia.prevetting.

𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓-𝑎𝑑𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑜𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑗𝑢𝑑𝑔𝑒𝑠 (𝑆𝐶𝑀) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 (𝑆𝐶𝑃) 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑎𝑤 𝑁𝑜. 26/2022. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒-𝑉𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛’𝑠 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑦 𝑠𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 (𝐶𝑆𝑃).