The Superior Council of Prosecutors is proposing for confirmation to the Head of State the candidacy of Alexandr Stoianoglo for the position of Prosecutor General. After interviews with the four shortlisted candidates on Thursday, November 28, Stoianoglo was announced the candidate with the highest score, IPN reports.
“As a result of the candidates’ evaluation scores for the position of Prosecutor General, Mr. Crâșmaru Oleg obtained 57.84 points, Mr. Gribincea Vladislav obtained 67.45 points, Mr. Soltan Veaceslav obtained 59.73 points and Mr. Stoianogolo Alexandr obtained 74.22 points,” said Agela Motuzoc, CSP president, during the meeting, which ended after 18.00.
After the meeting, the CSP president told reporters that the decision to designate the winner is to be sent to the President. According to her, the score given by each member of the Council will not be made public, claiming it secret deliberation.
Alexandr Stoianoglo told reporters that he is ready to take responsibility for solving the problems faced by the prosecution system. “Of all the candidates who have been heard today I am the most experienced. I have work experience in the General Prosecutor’s Office – I have worked here as Deputy Prosecutor General for over six years. I also worked outside of the capital city and I know the relations between the General Prosecutor's Office and the territorial prosecutor's offices. I know what to do to change the situation,” stated the designated PG.
According to him, to fight corruption in the system it is necessary to monitor the lifestyle of prosecutors and their families, to compare their incomes and expenses. Alexandr Stoianoglo has also said that he has no political affiliation and that he is an independent person.
The position of Prosecutor General fell vacant after the resignation of Eduard Harunjen on July 11. Two days earlier, Parliament found that the conditions for appointing him to office had not been met. On August 9, CSP announced a competition for which seven candidates applied. The contest was canceled following the entry into force of the amendments to the Law of the Prosecutor's Office.
With the entry into force of the new provisions, a new competition was announced, consisting of a pre-selection phase conducted by the Ministry of Justice and the selection by CSP. Olesea Stamate, former Minister of Justice, announced on November 6 that she was canceling the preselection results, claiming the process had been sabotaged through disproportional biased scoring.
Fadei Nagacevschi, the new Minister of Justice, decided to restore the shortlist, claiming his predecessor had violated the law by scrapping it.
