A group of shareholders of Victoriabank called upon the Presidential Office, Parliament and Government to take measures over the situation created at the bank. They said a raider attack is staged on the bank, while the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) committed an illegality and blocked their right to vote in the February 6 general assembly, IPN reports.

“Asito” owns 5% of the shares of Victoriabank. In a news conference at IPN, the company’s senior jurist Angela Maxim said that on February 5, one day before the general assembly of shareholders, a number of shareholders were informed about the NBM’s ban on concerted actions. There was no official notification. They were informed over the phone. Angela Maxim stated it is an attempt to hinder the shareholders from voting in the bank’s new administration.

Ion Dorogoi, the representative of “Corplexus” that also owns 5% of the shares of Victoriabank, said that their right to vote was also blocked. “Corplexus is groundlessly accused of taking part in concerted acts. We defend our rights and they accuse us,” he stated.

The shareholders sent notifications to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the embassies working in Chisinau and to international organizations. They said they do not want to find themselves in the same situation as the shareholders of Banca de Economii, where the real situation became known when the bank was close to bankruptcy. The shareholders accuse the administration of Victoriabank of providing bad loans and demand that it be replaced.