The Council on Thursday took note of several retirement requests and raised no objection to any of the. The council is to forward retirement requests to the head of state, who then issues decrees stating the retirement of magistrates.
Costiniu, who has been suspended from his position of Supreme Court judge after his arrest, was released from custody earlier this month along businessmen Costel Casuneanu and Marius Locic and will be investigated at large on charges of corruption. the three have been imposed a travel ban and may not leave the country for 30 days.
The main defendant in the case is social democrat senator Catalin Voicu, who was arrested for one month on charges of influence peddling and fraud, and whose request for parole has been denied twice.
Costiniu’s arrest was a first for the Romanian judiciary, as this is the first time Romania placed a Supreme Court judge under arrest. Costiniu, 60, is accused of receiving bribe to intervene with several magistrates in favor of Casuneanu and Locic.