The Pre-Vetting Commission announces that it has concluded the resumed evaluation of judge Nicolae Șova, a judicial candidate for the membership in the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM). According to the Commission, the candidate failed the resumed evaluation, as the candidate does not meet the financial and ethical integrity criteria. The decision was sent to the candidate and the SCM, the institution responsible for organizing the contest.

The decision on the resumed evaluation will be made public only with the consent of candidate, who has 48 hours to inform the Commission if he agrees or opposes publication of the decision. If no such notification is sent to the Commission, the decision will be published on the Commission’s website, in a depersonalized form, in Romanian and English. The candidate did not request a public hearing.

𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒’𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑛 1 𝐴𝑢𝑔𝑢𝑠𝑡 2023 𝑎𝑛𝑑 29 𝐽𝑎𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑦 2024 𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒-𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 22 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑦 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑟 𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠, 𝑠𝑜 𝑓𝑎𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑃𝑟𝑒-𝑉𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑑/𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒-𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 14 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠. 𝑂𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑, 12 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑒𝑑 (𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑟𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑑𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒-𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒-𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝐶𝑀.