Five new members will sit on the Superior Council of Prosecutors after their election was validated by the General Assembly of Prosecutors, attended by 506 of the total 600 prosecutors.

The new composition of the Superior Council of the Prosecutors will include Dumitru Obadă, delegated by the Prosecutor General’s Office, and Aliona Nesterov, Eduard Panea, Elena Roșior and Olesea Vîrlan, delegated by the territorial and specialized prosecutors’ offices.

Iuri Lealin and Mariana Cherpec were designated as alterante members.

The president of the Council will be elected from among the new composition at the inagural meeting of the new Council.

Minister of Justice Veronica Mihailov-Moraru described the General Assembly’s meeting as productive. “It will not be easy, but with joint efforts, through cooperation and constructive dialogue, I am sure that we will be able to advance in solving several issues in the judicial and anti-corruption segment, as well as those specific to the activity of the prosecution system”, declared Veronica Mihailov-Moraru.

The General Assembly of Prosecutors of December 22 was the continuation of the meeting started on August 23. In August, the General Assembly of Prosecutors was convened after a hiatus of about three years.