Moldova's Superior Council of magistracy admits file of candidate for office of judge at Supreme Court of Justice
16:18 | 28.05.2024 Category: Social
Chisinau, 28 May /MOLDPRES/ - The members of the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) today considered the application by lawyer Vladislav Gribincea on the partial withdrawal of CSM‘s ruling, according to which Gribincea was declared inadmissible for the office of judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ). Following deliberations, the CSM members declared Gribincea’s file as admissible for the contest.
The CSM acting head, Sergiu Caraman, said that the Council’s members had ruled to turn down as groundless the request by Vladislav Gribincea on the partial withdrawal of CSM’s ruling from 21 May 2024.
„The CSM’s ruling from 21 May 2024 on the admissibility of the file of the candidate for the position of CSJ judge, Vladislav Gribincea is cancelled. The file of the candidate for the position of CSJ judge, Vladislav Gribincea, is declared admissible. The present ruling can be appealed at the Supreme Court of Justice,’’ Caraman said.
Lawyer Vladislav Gribincea today was heard at CSM. He said that the reasons earlier imputed to him fort the file’s inadmissibility – non-submission of the medical certificate and non-submission of two references - had not been reasons for disqualification.
On 21 May, the CSM’s plenum declared as admissible the files of the candidates, Sergiu Brigai, Leonid Chirtoacă, Aliona Ciocanu, Aliona Corcenco, Ion Munteanu and Iuri Lealin for the holding of the office of judge of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ). All candidates passed the external evaluation and, with the file’s admissibility, they are promoted to the next stage of the contest - the interview.
CSJ is the supreme law court which ensures the correct and uniform enforcement of the legislation by all courts, the settlement of the litigations emerged in the enforcement of laws, guarantees the state’s responsibility before the citizen and of the citizen before the state. CSJ has a president, two deputy presidents and 30 judges.
