The Court had ruled Diaconu was incompatible with the position of senator, since he was also director of the Nottara Theater in Bucharest.
Despite the ruling, the Senate rejected on October 30 a request submitted by the National Integrity Agency to dismiss the liberal senator.
On October 31, the High Council of Magistrates notified the Constitutional Court regarding the Senate’s refusal to observe the final court decision.
Diaconu stepped down as Culture Minister this summer, after he lost his final appeal against the ruling of incompatibility.