The Prosecutor General’s Office is controlled by Vlad Plahotniuc. The prosecutors fulfill political orders, while justice is selective, ex-prosecutor of Chisinau municipality Ivan Diacov stated in the program “Fourth power” on N4 TV channel, IPN reports.
“In the current situation, the main position in the state is that of prosecutor general. The prosecutor general is the one who shares the good and the bad. Such a situation in our country has persisted since the declaration of Moldova’s independence,” stated Diacov.
According to him, the persons who commit petty offenses are sentenced to long jail terms, while those who commit serious crimes remain on the outside because they are protected by prosecutors. “A woman is sentenced to nine years’ imprisonment because she sold 4 grams of drugs, while the one who organized the cultivation of cannabis in greenhouses and has 15 criminal cases more behind him is free because the prosecutor general took over the case,” noted the ex-prosecutor of Chisinau.
As to the case of former Prime Minister Vlad Filat, Diacov said the prosecutors made many mistakes in this case. “This case should have been examined by the Exceptional Cases Division of the Prosecutor General’s Office, not by prosecutors with several years of experience. The MPs deprived Filat of immunity after the prosecutor general presented a denouncement to them. No evidence was provided for removing the immunity. It was a vote based on political criteria. Consequently, Filat wasn’t sentenced for what Shor described in his denouncement. It thus results that Filat was deprived of immunity illegally,” he stated.
As regards the theft of the billion, Ivan Diacov said the stealing started when Grigore Gachkevich was president of Banca de Economii and the ex-deputy head of the National Anticorruption Center’s Money Laundering Service Mihail Gofman is also to blame for the fraud. “Gachkevich, who is now in custody, illegally released loans that were later transferred to offshore areas and he collected 10% of the value of the loan. Gofman made serious statements, but didn’t substantiate them. He was in the epicenter and is also to blame. I fear Mister Gofman could become a victim and could be jailed if dishonest persons caught him. She should better not return to the country now,” stated the ex-prosecutor.
