Public hearing of Ion Bîtcă, candidate for the position of Supreme Court judge

Lawyer Ion Bîtcă is a candidate for the position of judge at the Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) and is being evaluated by the Judicial Vetting Commission in accordance with Law no. 65/2023. The Commission invited her to a hearing as part of the evaluation process. The hearing was conducted with the participation of all nine members of the Commission and focused primarily on issues related to financial integrity. Discussions covered donations received from family members, income declared by the candidate’s spouse as earned abroad, as well as certain potential asset discrepancies identified for the years 2014–2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. The Commission also sought clarifications regarding the circumstances under which certain assets were acquired, which the candidate described as donations. At the candidate’s request, part of the hearing was held in closed session. A family member of the candidate was also heard in closed session. Following the hearing, the Commission will approve an evaluation report, which will be forwarded to the Superior Council of Magistracy. 📜The external evaluation is carried out based on the following principles: a) independence of the Evaluation Commission; b) fairness of the evaluation procedure; c) publicity of the acts issued in the evaluation process; d) exceptional nature of the evaluation.