Domnica Manole was discharged from the post of judge of the Chisinau Appeals Court. The President’s dismissal decree was published in the Official Gazette, IPN reports.
At the start of July, based on the appraisals of the Security and Intelligence Service, the Superior Council of Magistracy ruled that the judge of the Chisinau Appeals Court Domnica Manole was incompatible with the post of judge. The Council requested President Igor Dodon to dismiss her from post. The judge described then the decision as a political order and an illegal decision as this was taken in breach of the law. She said the Council’s decision was aimed at intimidating other judges who could follow her example and would not yield to the pressure of the administrative factor.
Last April, Domnica Manole passed a judgment by which the Central Election Commission was obliged to hold the constitutional referendum initiated by the Platform “Dignity and Truth”. The request to the Superior Council of Magistracy to allow investigating the judge was made following the Supreme Court of Justice’s decision saying that the given judgment was evidently illegal and the then CEC chairman Iurie Ciocan’s request to hold the judge accountable.
