Law enforcement bodies have filed a criminal case in connection with the procurement procedure for 31 buses in the capital city. The press officer of the General Inspectorate of Police, Mariana Bețivu, told IPN that this was a criminal case initiated for "abuse of power or abuse of service". Mariana Bețivu mentioned that other details on the case would be provided shortly.

Ruslan Codreanu, former acting mayor of the capital, replied that these were "pressure tools used during the elections period". Denying the information revealed by media, Codreanu says he was not involved in the development of specification conditions and was not a member of the working group for the purchase of buses. According to him, the contracting authority is the Urban Bus Park.

The 31 new buses cost the municipality 78 million lei. The new transport units arrived in Chisinau in February this year. In the public space there were discussions about suspicions that an intermediary bought the buses and sold them to Chisinau municipality, appropriating the price difference.