The Committee of the National Resistance Movement ACUM submitted an application to the National Integrity Authority by which it asked to initiate the procedure for confiscating the undeserved property of the leader of the Democratic Party (PDM) Vlad Plahotniuc. In an event staged in front of the National Integrity Authority, the leader of the Party “Action and Solidarity” (PAS) Maia Sandu said the application was formulated following a journalistic investigation about the undeclared property of the Democratic leader, IPN reports.
The journalistic investigations revealed that the president of the PDM owns four luxury villages – one in Switzerland, two in France and one in Romania – and these are assessed at over €30 million. Maia Sandu said these villas have never been indicated in the property statements of Vlad Plahotniuc, when this held a public post, even if the law obliges him to do this.
The PAS leader also said that this enormous property was hidden through intermediary firms and the investigation shows how the villas were bought and what traces lead to Vlad Plahotniuc. “We came here to demand that this institution should investigate the case. We will also make an approach to the Prosecutor General’s Office as we suspect that this property was bought with ill-gotten gains,” stated the politician.
Maia Sandu noted that the National Integrity Authority was created as a filter to clean the political class before the parliamentary elections and this case will be a test for the institution to show it is not captured and it can work and wants to work in the interests of the people.
