The acting president of the Superior Council of Magistracy Dorel Musteață said a part of the judicial system is struggling against the Council and among those involved in this struggle are judges featured in some of the decisions of the institutions or who are close to these. The issue was developed in the talk show “Black box” on TV8 channel, IPN reports.
“A part of the system struggles against the SCM. Some of the judges who struggle are featured in the Council’s decisions, others are close to these judges. Public opinion is being manipulated. What do they want? For example, a judge told me we should now convene an assembly (e.n. general assembly of judges) and discuss the developments behind closed doors. I said I agree to organize an assembly, but an open one,” stated Dorel Musteață.
He noted he is free in his actions and is not influenced by anyone in the decision-making process. “I do not have my hands tied and never had them tied. I always voted as I consider legal and correct,” he said.
As to the suspension of the leadership of the Chisinau City Court and of Ion Druță from the post of president of the Supreme Court of Justice by the SCM’s decision of June 25 this year, Dorel Musteață said the events that happened afterward were incorrect towards the personnel and the judge who wrote an informative note to the Council by which he revealed the illegalities committed in the system. He sent the informative note to the Prosecutor’s Office so that this is examined from penal viewpoint. Furthermore, those involved challenged the SCM decision to suspend them from posts. “According to my information, they even demanded to suspend that SCM decision. Last Tuesday they withdrew their application, but a meeting was scheduled for July 22,” he stated.
In the June 25 meeting of the Superior Council of Magistracy, it was decided to suspend Ion Druță from the post of president of the Supreme Court of Justice and the president and all the vice presidents of the Chisinau City Court. The Council said then the decision was based on an informative note by which a judge informed the institution about the illegalities committed in the judicial system. The decision was taken after Prime Minister Maia Sandu addressed a message to the members of the SCM in a meeting of the Council she attended.
