The disciplinary section for judges of the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) voted on Wednesday, by 5 to 4, on the report of the Judicial Inspection which proposed the exclusion of Judge Cristi Dănileț from the judiciary on the grounds that he participated in the political activity of an NGO of which he was a member.
In other words, the SCM accused Dănileț of playing politics, which magistrates are forbidden to do by law.
Dănileț argued in his defense that political activity is clearly defined in the law and refers to parties or organizations taking part in elections and that, in addition, he abstained from voting when the NGO he belonged to issued the communication critical of the government.
The bad faith of the anti-reformist majority in the SCM is so obvious that it is not worth the trouble of too sophisticated a demonstration. Although more than half a year has passed since his first exclusion from the judiciary, Judge Dănileț claims that he has not received the reasoning of the decision even today to be able to challenge it at the High Court.
During all this time, Dănileț cannot work as a judge,
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