EX-MINISTER MAINTAINS THAT INCUMBENT MINISTER OF JUSTICE DELIBERATELY DISRUPTS SCM SITTINGS

Ex-Minister of Justice Olesea Stamate maintains that the Superior Council of Magistracy sittings are intentionally disrupted by the incumbent Minister Fadei Nagacevschi.

She wrote on Facebook on Tuesday that the SCM cannot take decisions because Nagacevschi derails the sittings due to his absence.

Stamate ironically proposed to Venice Commission Chairman to express his opinion about the process of reforming the Moldovan judiciary and the respect to the SCM constitutional mandate.

According to ex-minister, Nagacevschi is using the Venice Commission conclusions when it fits with his purposes.

"What independence of justice bodies or judges self-governance can we talk about? Now, when he has to defend Oleg Sternioala [ex-member of the Superior Court of Justice, suspected of illegal enrichment] and, perhaps, other his friends in the justice system. He should slowly bring the situation to a new General Assembly of Judges and then form a more obedient SCM" she supposed.

Stamate wrote she is sure that the work on threatening those, who did not visit the previous judges' assemblies, continues in Moldova.

Honest and professional judges keep working and do not feel themselves in a deadlock. However, there is pressure on them from the side of those, who failed to attract judges in political games, she wrote.

"This "technocratic and politically unaffiliated" minister is executing orders and do not ask questions about the consequences of his actions or inaction", Stamate states.

The new Minister Nagacevschi has missed already 3 SCM sittings - on November 19 and 21 and on December 3.