ROLUL INSPECȚIEI JUDICIARE ÎN RESPONSABILIZAREA PREȘEDINȚILOR INSTANȚELOR DE JUDECATĂ

Abstract

The purpose of the paper is to argue the role of the Judicial Inspection functioning within the Superior Council of Magistracy in increasing the responsibility of court chiefs through the principle of good self-government of national justice. Investigating the issue, we concluded it to be possible through exercising by the Judicial Inspection the following competences: verifying the organizational activity of courts, examining the petitions on the judicial ethics and the complaints on possible disciplinary offences committed by judges and verifying the basis of rejection by the President of the Republic of Moldova or by the Parliament of the proposal to appointment in the function of court president or vice-president. We emphasized the importance of evaluating professional performances of court chiefs in the same manner as in the case of other judges. At the same time, we illustrated the specific role of court presidents in comparison with their fellow judges, taking in consideration their double mission – as a judge and as a manager. Special attention should be paid to the conditions and methods of control: the independence and the impartiality of judges should be protected in any case.