Justice Minister Tudorel Toader forwarded on Monday to the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM) the proposal for the appointment of Felix Banila as head of the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT).
Two candidates have enlisted for the position of the DIICOT head: Daniel Horodniceanu, current chief of the institution, and Felix Banila, prosecutor with the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Bacau Court.
The interviews of the two took place last Friday. According to the regulations in force, the DIICOT chief prosecutor is appointed by the President of Romania at the proposal of the Justice Minister, with the CSM's opinion. The appointment is made for a period of three years with one time reinvestment possibility.