judicial inspection

The deputy-chief inspector of Romania’s Judicial Inspectorate, Gheorghe Stan, obtained the highest score in Thursday’s interviews for the office of chief of the recently-founded magistrate investigation section, with top judicial watchdog CSM set to vote on confirming his appointment.

The Judicial Inspection will be an independent autonomous institution within 6 months, Romanian justice minister Tudorel Toader said Wednesday.

Romania’s National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) said Friday that the Judicial Inspection’s report regarding the Directorate’s activities presented only partial and out-of-context information that might create false impressions.

Romanian magistrate Gabriela Baltag, a member in the High Court of Magistracy, says the Judicial Inspection will be profoundly affected in the aftermath of a checkup made at the National Anticorruption Directorate.