The four candidates for the position of General Prosecutor were admitted to the interview, which is due to take place on November 28. The decision was adopted today, November 20, by the Superior Council of Prosecutors, which examined the files of the four applicants to the position of head of the Prosecutor's Office.
At the meeting, the CSP chairwoman, Angela Motuzoc, said that along with the list of candidates and their dossiers, which were received on November 18 by the Council, a confirmation was attached that stated the there is no administrative act regarding the cancellation of the pre-selection contest results for the position of General Prosecutor.
In addition to CVs and letters of intent, the candidates' files included certificates from the National Integrity Authority, the Information and Security Service, the National Anticorruption Center and from the commission of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Protection, which established the health status of the candidates.
The four candidates that made the short list, out of the 16 admitted to the contest for the position of General Prosecutor, are Oleg Crâșmaru, senior criminal investigation officer at the National Anticorruption Center, Vladislav Gribincea, lawyer and Center for Legal Resources chairman, Veaceslav Soltan, deparment head within the General Prosecutor's Office, and Alexandr Stoianoglo, lawyer, former deputy Prosecutor General and former Democratic Party MP.
On November 6, the former Minister of Justice, Olesea Stamate, canceled the pre-selection contest results for the position of General Prosecutor. The invoked reasons were that the members of the commission, in absence of complete information, could not make a thorough evaluation of aspects related to the integrity of the candidates and that at least one of the evaluators has given non-objective assessments.
The new Minister of Justice, Fadei Nagacevschi, has decided to submit the short list with the four candidates to the CSP. In a press briefing, Fadei Nagacevschi said that he has analyzed how the contest was canceled and found that the former minister breached the law.
