Litvinenco on the Sor Case: I Hope the Prosecutor’s Office Will See This Through

Yesterday, on December 23, the parliament approved all 9 requests of the acting Prosecutor General to remove parliamentary immunity from Ilan Sor. The Minister of Justice, Sergiu Litvinenco, called this decision of the parliament “correct”. “It is impossible in principle to oppose the prosecution of deputies if they violate the criminal law. Immunity is not a shield binding the hands of justice. I hope that this time the prosecutor’s office will see this through and there will be an ending, whatever it may be. If found guilty, a citizen must be convicted, serve his sentence, and his property confiscated; if proven otherwise, he will be released,” Litvinenco wrote on social media. The Minister also stressed that the parliamentary majority will not interfere in the course of the investigation. “A rule that applies to absolutely everyone, regardless of status, political affiliation, whether they declare themselves “political dissidents”. All that matters is whether a person violated the law and/or stole money from the state, that is, citizens’ money,” the minister said. Point