Members of commission for pre-vetting candidates for PCCOCS head withdraw

IPN.md

1 February 2023
14:18

All the five members of the commission for pre-vetting the candidate for the post of chief prosecutor of the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS) announced their withdrawal. The information was confirmed for IPN by the head of the Protocol and Public Relations Service of the Superior Council of Prosecutors (SCP) Eugeniu Roșca.

The five members of the commission announced their withdrawal only verbally for now. The Superior Council of Prosecutors is to convene on Thursday to take subsequent decisions.

A scandal broke out in connection with the contest after Iulian Groza, a civil society representative sitting on the commission for pre-vetting candidates, alleged pressures against him. Subsequently, unverified reports started being spread through Telegram Messenger channels that Groza’s Institute for European Policies and Reforms had obtained access to personal data on prosecutor Eugen Rurac, one of the candidates seeking the vacant job. Minister of Justice Sergiu Litvinenco proposed cancelling the contest given the allegations that have a potential to undermine public confidence in the Prosecution Service in general and in the PCCOCS in particular. The proposal was yet rejected by the SCP.

The contest involves prosecutor Eugen Rurac, prosecutor Sergiu Russu, who held the post of PCCOCS chief prosecutor on an interim basis, and former prosecutor Andrei Matskop, who currently practices as a lawyer.

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Rescue operations continue under difficult conditions, amid temperatures of up to +35 degrees Celsius. Over 4,600 rescuers are searching for survivors among the ruins of a shopping center and a paper factory, where several people are still missing. Japan’s Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, stated that retrieving those trapped under the rubble is “a real race against time.”

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Members of commission for pre-vetting candidates for PCCOCS head withdraw

IPN.md

1 February 2023
14:18

The five members of the commission announced their withdrawal only verbally for now. The Superior Council of Prosecutors is to convene on Thursday to take subsequent decisions.

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According to the Ministry of Education and Research, the update of the study offer takes place in the context of the emergence of new fields and professions, but also the need to train specialists adapted to the current requirements of the labor market.

“By introducing these specializations, we offer young people the opportunity to prepare for fields with potential for development and respond to requests from employers”, declared Minister Dan Perciun. According to him, the goal is for graduates to acquire relevant skills and have better employment prospects.

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