The official of the Parliament’s Secretariat, who is a suspect in a criminal case, was suspended from office for the period of the investigations conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office for Organized Crime and Special Cases, IPN reports.

“The Parliament’s administration, together with the Secretariat of the Parliament, provides all the necessary support to the law enforcement agencies so that they objectively continue the investigations and elucidate the case,” reads a press release issued by the legislative body’s Public Relations Department.

On Wednesday, PCCOCS prosecutors announced the detention of two officials, of the Parliament’s Secretariat and the Border Police, who are suspected of treason and plotting against the Republic of Moldova in their communication with the employee of an embassy based in Chisinau starting with 2023. Although no names were given, it later became known that the head of the Parliament’s Legal Department Ion Creangă is involved. President Maia Sandu voiced hope that this case will have an end result.