Criminal Proceedings Will Be Launched against Stoianoglo. The Decision Was Made by the Supreme Council of Prosecutors

On October 5, the Supreme Council of Prosecutors considered the complaint of PAS MP Lilian Carp against Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo. Carp demanded to appoint a prosecutor who will start criminal proceedings against Stoianoglo. As a result, the Supreme Council of Prosecutors allowed the initiation of criminal proceedings against Stoianoglo. The Chairperson of the Council, Angela Motuzoc, said that the Prosecutor of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, Victor Furtune, was appointed to check Stoianoglo. He must check Stoianoglo's “alleged iniquities”. Motuzoc said that there are dissenting opinions of Council members who disagree with the decision. She also said that this decision can be appealed in court. In turn, the Minister of Justice Sergiu Litvinenco suggested that after the meeting the members of the Council jointly write a decision on the initiation of criminal proceedings against Stoianoglo. Note, the deputy from PAS Lilian Carp accused Stoianoglo of the following: - In 2012, being a member of parliament, he introduced a phrase into the law “On combating money laundering” that allowed money to be laundered through the Moldovan banking system according to the “Laundromat” scheme. - He was the beneficiary of several questionable transactions. The point is that in January 2021, two companies that belonged to Veaceslav Platon were re-registered with the wife of the prosecutor general. Carp claims that although Platon claimed that the companies were mistakenly rewritten to Tsvetana Curdova, she is still their beneficiary. - The prosecutor's office unlawfully dropped the charges against Veaceslav Platon. - The Prosecutor General's Office paid dismissal benefits to the ex-head of PCCOCS Nicolae Chitoroaga, although he was under investigation. Stoianoglo himself was not invited to the Council meeting. After the majority of the Council members voted against hearing the Prosecutor General, Stoianoglo himself came to the meeting.   Litvinenco was unhappy that the prosecutor General came without an invitation. Stoianoglo in response noted that, judging by Litvinenco's words, it is "clear to him that he does not know the laws." Litvinenco also accused him of public pressure on the members of the Council, which was just discussing the possible start of criminal proceedings against Stoianoglo. The discussion was held in raised tones. As a result, Stoianoglo left the meeting room, saying "sorry." Then, through the Council's secretariat, he sent a written request to remove five members of the Council from the discussion of the issue: Sergiu Litvinenco, Natalia Molosag, Lilia Poting, Svetlana Balmos and Dorel Musteata. Newsmaker