Fiodor Ghelici, ex-president of the commission for public control under the President of the Republic of Moldova, said that even if Igor Dodon promised he will investigate the banking fraud, he hasn’t done this yet. Moreover, Igor Dodon was involved in this fraud that started in 2005-2008, when he held the post of minister of economy.
In a news conference at IPN, Fiodor Ghelici said everyone, including he himself, put their trust in Igor Dodon before the elections of 2014. Moreover, the public association “Moldova Mea” that he heads campaigned for the Party of Socialists and for Igor Dodon in the campaign prior to the presidential elections. They supported him in the hope that he will shed light on the banking fraud and the persons to blame will be held accountable. For the same reasons, the activist accepted to lead the commission for public control under the President of the Republic of Moldova. In a period, he went to President Dodon to inform him about the commission’s work and presented a list of persons suspected of being involved in illegalities. But Igor Dodon told him to shift the whole blame on ex-Premier Vlad Filat. Later the commission was disbanded.
“Igor Nicolaevici, you are an accomplice to everything. The first and most important argument is that you banned the commission for public control under the President from investigating these terrible facts. The second argument is that the President hasn’t yet delivered one of his main promises. Where is the commission that was to investigate the theft of these billions?” asked Fiodor Ghelici.
The activist noted that after the commission for public control under the President was liquidated, he continued to investigate the banking fraud. He determined that the baking fraud caused damage estimated at 52 billion lei. This money could be used to buy over 100,000 two-room apartments in Chisinau. When Igor Dodon served as a minister of economy and the leader of the Party of Socialists Zinaida Grecheanyi served as Prime Minister, on the executive’s initiative, changes were made to the legislation by which the National Bank was deprived of control over the banking system. In the period, there were released a lot of loans that hadn’t been repaid for many years. A large part of the documents that confirm these illegalities were destroyed.
Fiodor Ghelici also said that when players from the business sector come to politics, it’s clear where this money comes from. It is not the case of Igor Dodon. “It is not clear where Igor Dodon, who held only public posts, took money from to create a party and to maintain this as large sums of money are needed for this and for financing election campaigns. According to unofficial reports, money comes from offshore areas,” stated the activist, noting there is information that Igor Dodon runs businesses in a number of areas and these are managed by agents.
