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Romania Senate: Magistrates To Appoint Chief Prosecutors, Not President

Romanian Senate on Tuesday approved an amendment to Law 303/2004, which stipulates chief prosecutors of national departments fighting corruption and organized crime, along with their deputies are to be appointed by the High Council of Magistrates, not the head of state.
Romania Senate: Magistrates To Appoint Chief Prosecutors, Not President
16 sept. 2008, 19:30, English

The amendment was adopted with 78 votes in favor and 46 against.

Under the amendment legislation, chief prosecutors are to be appointed by the High Council of Magistrates in plenary meeting, at the proposal of the justice minister and with the approval of the Council’s prosecution department.

Chief prosecutors of the Anticorruption Department (DNA), General Prosecutors’ Office and Department for Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) will be appointed for periods of three years and may be reinvested one time alone.