While Maia Sandu was presenting at the plenary of the Parliament the draft amendment to the Law on Prosecutor's Office, for which the Government undertook responsibility, an action in the Prime Minister’s support was held in front of the legislative’s building. The participants have said that the Socialists want to dismiss the Government led by Maia Sandu because "they do not like that the prime minister is an honest person" and wants to "imprison all thieves in the country", IPN reports.
Olga Curevici, a pensioner from Chisinau, believes that the selection of candidates for the position of Prosecutor General has not been conducted objectively, since a person who voted for the Socialists was included in the commission at the last moment. "She (Maia Sandu) is fighting for an independent general prosecutor," the woman said.
"If everyone is shouting that Stefan Gligor should become general prosecutor, it does not mean that Ștefan Gligor is Maia Sandu’s candidate, but the people need him to straighten things up. Maia Sandu cannot put things right on her own when so many thieves are around her,” stressed Ana Croitor, a resident of the capital.
Nicolae Băluţel is from Drăgușeni, Strășeni, and says he came to support Maia Sandu because "there is no woman stronger than her in the Republic of Moldova". "Plahotniuc left the country because he was a thief. The Mafia head is gone, but its offspring are still around and all of them are afraid of prison, they are afraid of Maia Sandu”, mentioned the man.
Mihail Briceag, from the capital, maintains he does not agree with those who criticize the prime minister and say that she has accomplished nothing since she came to power. "A house is not built in four months, but restoring an old, dilapidated and looted dwelling takes even longer. It takes time and patience,” pointed out the young man.
"Of all people in the country, she (Maia Sandu) is the most honest person, but the socialists do not like this," said Iulia Grumeza, a pensioner from Chisinau.
The chairman of DA Platform, ACUM Bloc group, Alexandru Slusari, has told the protesters that if the censure motion is passed, the socialists should assume liability for the political crisis and the turmoil in the country. "We will not give in. We have to reform the judiciary, if we do not have justice, then all the protests, all our struggle were in vain,” contended Alexandru Slusari.
After the PSRM tabled the censure motion, Prime Minister Maia Sandu came out in front of her supporters and stated that "those who had said before that they also wanted an independent judiciary, true justice, now, when the moment of truth has come, when the purging of the prosecutor's office and the courts must start, got scared, apparently." "There is a risk that this Government may fall, but we cannot let them capture the state once again," emphasized Maia Sandu.
The Socialist Party submitted a censure motion on Friday, November 8, following the Government's assumption of responsibility for amending the Prosecutor's Law. The Permanent Bureau will meet within the next three days to decide when the next plenary sitting will be held, at which the motion of censure will be examined.
