The Parliament has launched the competition for the selection of three non-judge candidates for the post of member of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM). At the meeting on Thursday, April 6, members of the Legal, Appointments and Immunities Committee approved the decision on the organisation and conduct of the competition for the selection of candidates for the post of member of the SCM on behalf of the Parliament.

Interested persons may submit their application to take part in the competition until 5 May 2023.

Among the conditions to be met by participants in the competition are experience in the field of law and a notorious activity in the field of jurisprudence or other relevant field for at least ten years, no criminal record, as well as no registration of a negative result of the professional integrity test for violation of the obligation not to admit manifestations of corruption.

The competition will be conducted in three stages: submission and admissibility of applications, assessment of the integrity of the candidates by the special committee (pre-vetting), the competition of applications and the interview. It should be noted that persons who do not pass the assessment of the special committee will not be admitted to the next stage of the competition.

More details about the competition can be found here.

According to the law, the Superior Council of Magistracy consists of 12 members. Six of them, who are not judges, are appointed by Parliament, with a vote of three-fifths of elected MPs. At last week’s plenary session, three members of the SJC were appointed: Tatiana Ciaglic, Ion Guzun and Alexandru Postica.