Twelve years after the April 7 events, the people continue to ask for justice to be done in this case. The judges who passed judgments to convict young people, the police officers who beat people in the “corridors of death” and the chiefs who gave instructions and then covered those to blame didn’t suffer any consequence. Some remained in the system after being acquitted and were even promoted to posts. Others found well-paid jobs in the teams of the new potentates of time, President Maia Sandu said on the 12th anniversary of the events of April 2009, benign quoted by IPN.
“Those who continue to break the law and to work against the own people can do this only because they enjoy protection – in the prosecution service, courts of law, Parliament. Regrettably, we still have in institutions persons who set free thieves and ignore the abuses. But we can destroy their protection – they are few and bank on each other. Most of the people in our country are honest citizens who pay taxes to the state and live on money earned honestly,” President Sandu posted on Facebook.
She noted that the events of April 7, 2009 produced yet a change in Moldova. After those events, the people became more active, more involved. “We defended our freedom and didn’t allow dictatorship in our country. We are building in Moldova an open society in which we learn to seek rights and to respect the differences.”
According to Maia Sandu, with each corrupt judge who is removed from the system, the Republic of Moldova comes closer to better times. There was signed the decree to dismiss judge Sergey Lazari, who acquitted former deputy commissioner Iacob Gumeniță in the April 7 case. “I will continue to insist on clearing the judiciary system of corrupt judges and this will help us clear the state of corrupt people and criminals. I know that we have a lot to do until we build here a country in which we would want to live. And I know that only one person, even if this holds office of President, cannot bring things in order alone. I need you, the citizens.”
Representatives of a number of civil society organizations made a common call in connection with the commemoration of the victims of the April 7, 2009 events, saying the “April 7, 2009” case is a failed one. All the persons with responsible posts were acquitted or the charges against them were dropped. All those who used torture escaped punishment. Twelve years have passed since those tragic events, but the over 600 persons who were maltreated, detained and beaten cruelly didn’t benefit from independent and equitable justice. At least five persons lost their lives in suspicious conditions. However, the state assumed responsibility for only one death.
