Before the message in which he spoke about abuses by the Judicial Inspection, President Nicușor Dan attended the meeting of the Superior Council of Magistracy (September 3), arguing for the need to investigate magistrates suspected of having committed offenses and drawing attention to the shortage of prosecutors specialized in such cases. He said he would participate only in the first item on the agenda and would not take part in the deliberations and vote, so as not to influence the decision.
Later, Dan also called for concrete evidence regarding the investigation or sanctioning of magistrates who had spoken publicly about “captured justice,” requesting a “file” containing names, CSM decisions, complaints filed, and the justification for the measures. At the same time, prosecutor Claudiu Sandu publicly criticized Dan’s visit to the CSM, stating that the head of state had not addressed the real problems of the justice system and that the initiative had had no effect.
Before these disputes, Nicușor Dan told the new magistrates that the essential indicator was public trust in the system, mentioning that it stood at approximately 25%, and insisted on the need to “balance” the relationship between justice and politics.
