The head of the Parliament’s legal commission for appointments and immunities Olesea Stamate explained the necessity of making nine requests to strip MP Ilan Șor of immunity, saying each request is based on a count of which the leader of Șor Party is accused. Stamate noted the goal of the government is not to make a TV show based on this case, but to restore at least a part of the money stolen from the banking system, IPN reports.

The legal commission for appointments and immunities approved the reports on the nine requests to lift the parliamentary immunity of Ilan Șor made by the prosecutor general. Olesea Stamate said Parliament on December 23 is expected to vote in favor of the lifting of Șor’s immunity.

In the talk show “The Fourth Estate” on N4 channel, the official explained that employees of the State Guard and Protection Service restricted access to the meeting of the legal commission because this was declared closed at the request of the prosecutor general given that those materials referred also to other persons from the parliamentary group of Șor Party.

Olesea Stamate said the authorities bank on the fact that Israel will accept to extradite the fugitive MP even if Ilan Șor holds the nationality of this state as well. If Ilan Șor is convicted, he can ask to serve his sentence in Israel.

“Israel is among the few states that extradite the own citizens. The authorities of this state could extradite him on condition that he serves his punishment there. We want the people who broke the law to answer for what they did. Our big hope is to recover at least a part of the stolen US$1 billion, while those who directly contributed to the robbing of the banking system should answer for their deeds and the place where they do this does not matter,” stated Olesea Stamate.

In accordance with the Parliament’s Regulations, an MP is stripped of immunity by a majority of votes of MP, by secret ballot. The law says an MP cannot be detained, arrested and searched, if only in cases they are caught red-handed, and cannot be tried without the preliminary consent of Parliament after the person is listened to.