Felix Bănilă is the new head of DIICOT

The appointment of Felix Bănilă, proposal of the Minister of Justice to this post, comes after the expiry of the mandate of the former head of DIICOT, Daniel Horodniceanu

Only two candidates were appointed to post of DIICOT – Daniel Horodniceanu, current chief prosecutor Felix Bănilă, prosecutor at the prosecutor's office at the court of Bacau

On 11 June, the Minister of Justice announced that he had sent the proposal to appoint Felix Bănilă Attorney General of the Organized Crime Investigations Directorate. and terrorism (DIICOT)

Justice Minister Tudorel Toader explained why he preferred to propose Oliver-Felix Bănilă to the management of DIICOT to the detriment of the current director of the institution, Daniel Horodniceanu [19659002] Toader claimed on Tuesday Constanta, that he invited all the prosecutors who qualify to join the head of DIICOT, but only two former students: the current boss, who says that it is not very satisfied with his work, and his proposal, Oliver-Felix Bănilă, a man outside the institution

In an interview with Freedom Daily, Daniel Horodniceanu, warns that we could witness a political takeover of the Directorate of Investigations on Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) if Justice Minister Tudorel Toader had no convincing arguments as to why he prefers to run a structure over a prosecutor who does not n? for ever worked at DIICOT

The current head of DIICOT also said that a head outside the Directorate is a vulnerability because it takes a long time to adapt to it. Horodniceanu thinks that he is now paying the price for his decision to publicly criticize Minister Tudorel Toader

According to the regulations in force, the DIICOT public prosecutor is appointed by the President of Romania, on the proposal of the Minister of Justice. Justice, with the opinion of the SCM. The appointment is made for a period of three years, with the possibility of re-inviting only once.

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