Marina Nenkova, a prosecutor at the Sofia City Prosecutor's Office, is running for the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) as a candidate for the prosecutors' quota. At her hearing, she said she knows the problems magistrates face and can turn that experience into real decisions.
She is not proposing another sweeping judicial reform that is never finished. Her first priority is the specific issues that directly affect magistrates' work and trust in the institution.
Under her plan, the Prosecutors' Chamber must run the judiciary well and help every prosecutor. She said a magistrate's professional independence and good management of the justice system should not clash.
Nenkova said every magistrate should be able to see that workload is measured by how hard the work really is, and should understand why they were given a particular case. In her view, an award should go to exceptional work and high professional performance, and disciplinary practice should be predictable.
She believes the new SJC should regularly hold competitions for promotion and transfer, closely track vacant posts and announce competitions to fill them.
Nenkova said better organisation could fix some of the delays in competitions: panels and reserve members should be named on time, and staff should help with checking documents.
She said trust in competitions also depends on how long they take. "Deadlines are part of the quality of the competition itself, not just an organisational matter," she said.
"Competitions for promotion and transfer should be held within short deadlines, and I will personally work for that," Nenkova said.