The Plenum of the judges of the Supreme Administrative Court (SAC) rejected due to lack of competence with 90 votes “for“ and 3 “against“ the proposal of the Judicial College of the Supreme Judicial Council to make a proposal for appointing a new acting “administrative head – chairman“ of the Supreme Administrative Court.
The Plenum of the SAC was convened in implementation of a decision under item 35 of Protocol No. 23 of a meeting of the Judicial College of the SJC, held on 15.07.2025, which referred the Plenum of the Supreme Administrative Court to propose an acting president of the court.
The provision of Art. 119, para. 2 of the JSA determines the powers of the Plenum of the Supreme Administrative Court, namely: it hears the candidates for president of the court and may express an opinion on the candidacies. Under the Judicial Power Act, the Plenum of the Supreme Administrative Court does not have the authority to appoint an acting administrative head, it can only nominate candidacies, but if a procedure for the election of an administrative head has already been opened, and there is no such procedure open at the moment. It is within the powers of the Supreme Judicial Council to determine the acting president of the court.
The application of the provision of Art. 173, para. 15 of the Judiciary Act is within the exclusive competence of the law enforcement body, namely - the Judicial College of the Supreme Judicial Council.