Iachimovschi on the Creation of PACCO: Monster Capable of Abusing Power

The interim deputy chief prosecutor of the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office has criticized the new anticorruption structure to be set up under the PAS initiative. In a programme on the Cinema 1 TV channel, the prosecutor said that the new structure will have between 180 and 250 employees to deal with investigations and prosecutions, making it the largest institution in the country, omniapres.md reported. “Quite serious control mechanisms are needed. Of course, the Prosecutor General will not be able to exercise effective control. This structure will have a monopoly on investigating criminogenic activities in the country, and there is a risk that at some point it will not be able to independently choose what is a criminogenic act and what is not. There is a risk that this structure will create vulnerability and abuse the powers it has received under the law, and these powers are enormous,” Iachimovschi said. He said most prosecutors view the creation of PACCO negatively or indifferently. “Some prosecutors believe that their transfer to territorial prosecutor’s offices is a loophole to get out of the specialized prosecutor’s office. They will have the same salary, but much simpler cases. The difference in salary is 6000-7000 lei,” the acting deputy chief prosecutor of APO explained.