The number of judges subjected to disciplinary procedures in Romania in 20125 surged more than three times, according to a 2015 justice state report released on Wednesday by the Supreme Council of Magistrates (CSM).
The report says that in 2015, 28 disciplinary penalties were ordered, up from just eight in 2014. "On the other hand, as far as criminal accountability is concerned, only four judges were sentenced for corruption or corruption-related offences to final and binding sentences in 2015, compared with seven in 2014," the report says.
Also in 2015, CSM ordered the suspension form office of 10 judges after they were brought to court, placed on pre-trial detention or house arrest, compared with 20 in 2014.
"Unlike the other state power, the judiciary is not subjected to public control as the legislative power is, because the citizens may not penalise the members of the judiciary by vote. That is why it is imperiously required that enough levers are in place for self-control and verification imbedded in the justice system," reads the CSM report.
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