Sorina Marinaș says she sent President Nicușor Dan her full disciplinary file through a presidential adviser, yet Dan had said he had not seen the materials he was asking magistrates to provide. That conflict calls for an institutional account of the document’s route, rather than a personal exchange of accusations.
At the press conference reported by HotNews, Dan said the three magistrates named in the question should bring extracts from disciplinary decisions, complaints to the Superior Council of Magistracy, and their justification. He said he had not seen those materials. Asked later whether he knew of Marinaș’s submission, he said he did not know whether they had been passed on to him and suggested a colleague may have seen them.
The Craiova Court of Appeal judge says that on 19 October 2026 she informed the president through an adviser and sent the complete disciplinary file. Digi24 reported the same account: Marinaș says the file opened against her by the Judicial Inspectorate was sent to the president in October. HotNews reports that the Inspectorate initiated two disciplinary actions against her over the past year.
The available reporting does not establish whether Dan personally received the file, who registered it, or what happened after it was sent. It does establish a concrete administrative question. If a president says action depends on magistrates bringing documents, while one of those magistrates says she has already submitted them through a presidential channel, the institution should be able to explain how the documents were handled.
Marinaș and prosecutor Claudiu Sandu have also called for broader discussion of alleged pressure from the Judicial Inspectorate, including at the CSM plenary. Those are their stated positions, not conclusions established by the available material. But HotNews reports that Dan has the legal role of chairing CSM plenary meetings. Explaining the file’s route and his position on a possible CSM discussion would directly address the dispute that surfaced on 11 November.
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