Who are the four CCR judges, supported by the PSD, who blocked the law on special pensions for magistrates
Gheorghe Stan (top left), Cristian Deliorga (top right), Bogdan Licu (bottom left), Marian Busuioc (bottom right) Photo: Inquam Photos
The Constitutional Court again postponed a decision on the law regulating magistrates' pensions, after four judges left the session, so that the CCR plenary no longer had the necessary quorum of at least six judges. All four judges who left the meeting were proposed by the PSD.
In the session that started at 1:00 p.m., the nine judges were to rule on the referral made by the High Court of Cassation and Justice against the draft law adopted by the Bolojan government by assuming responsibility in Parliament.
After only 45 minutes, the judges took a 15 minute break. Shortly after the resumption of the session, four of the judges left the courtroom: Gheorghe Stan, Bogdan Licu, Mihai Busuioc and Cristian Deliorga, the four judges proposed by PSD to the Constitutional Court. They were also followed by Mihaela Ciochina, appointed by the president Klaus Iohannis, but she returned to the room shortly after.
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Under these conditions, the judges who remained in the courtroom decided to postpone taking a decision due to lack of quorum. According to the regulation, a quorum of two-thirds of the number of judges is required for the plenary session – that is, six of the nine judges.
The common denominator, PSD support
The four judges who left the CCR meeting were appointed by the Parliament, at the proposal of the PSD parliamentary groups:
Gheorghe Stan – He was the chief prosecutor of the Section for the Investigation of Judicial Crimes (SIIJ) before being appointed in 2019 as a member of the Constitutional Court by the decision of the Chamber of Deputies at the PSD proposal.
Bogdan Licu – He is a judge at the CCR from 2022 at the PSD proposal, by the vote of the Chamber of Deputies. He was vice-president of the CSM, after which he successively held the positions of first deputy of the general prosecutor, deputy of the general prosecutor, delegate to the position of general prosecutor and first deputy of the general prosecutor.
Cristian Deliorga – Holds the position of CCR judge since 2019, being appointed by the Senate at the PSD proposal. Between 1982 and 2006, he served as a prosecutor in several prosecutor's offices in Constanța County, and then became a judge. He became known after pronouncing the prison sentence of Mircea Băsescu.
Mihai Busuioc – He became a judge of the CCR in July 2025, being appointed by the Senate, at the PSD's proposal. He was secretary general of the Government in the cabinet led by Sorin Grindeanu in the first half of 2017, after which he was president of the Court of Accounts.
The CCR judges who are going to decide on the law on the pensions of magistrates are the same ones who, with a vote of 5 to 4, failed, in October, the first version of the law on the modification of the pensions of magistrates. The law was challenged at the Constitutional Court also by the High Court, led by judge Lia Savonea.
Then, according to HotNews sources, the five judges who voted for the admission of the appeal of the unconstitutionality of the law on magistrates' pensions were: Cristian Deliorga, Gheorghe Stan, Mihaela Ciochină, Bogdan Licu and Marian Busuioc.
The second form of the law, which took into account the Court's initial objections, was taken up for discussion on 10 December. The judges decided to postpone the ruling on the bill. In parallel, in those days, there were street protests in Romania after Recorder's revelations on justice.
