Moldova’s first prosecutor general Dumitru Postovan said that they always wanted to convince the people by a concrete case that justice is done, everything is done according to law and everyone is independent, professional and not corrupt. Speaking about the two resonant cases – of ex-Premier Vlad Filat and of the mayor of Orhei Ilan Shor – the ex-prosecutor said it’s good that these were started, even if with delay, but there should be more such cases.
“There should be more than two cases. It’s good that these were started. I think that under pressure from inside and outside, more criminal cases expected by society will appear. It’s surprising that these two cases were started so late. In fact, this is an expression of what happened after 2001 and then after 2009. Those from 2009 did nothing but borrow particular schemes and operations. And this is what we got,” Dumitru Postovan stated in an interview for Radio Free Europe, quoted by IPN.
The former prosecutor general said there shouldn’t be selective justice. “When the treatment is not equal, the political factor is also involved: someone takes revenge on economic, political and other kinds of opponents with the help of the same bodies,” he said.
As to the fact that the politicians should not transform the problems from justice into a competition subject or political revenge, Dumitru Postovan said this has been done for a long period of time and the ministers were divided when he served as prosecutor general as well. “Everyone wanted first of all to control the police. They considered that with such instruments they could, firstly, remain in power and, secondly, could eliminate their rivals. There was particular resistance to this ‘disease’ initially, but they ultimately yielded up,” he stated.
Asked if he believes that these resonant cases will have an end result, Dumitru Postovan said these cases can no longer be stopped. “What can be done is for particular limits and borders to be set so that the phenomenon does not expand in unwanted directions,” he noted.
Dumitru Postovan served as prosecutor general of Moldova in 1990-1998.
