Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo on March 19 asked to lift the immunity of two MPs of the Shor Party - Petru Jardan and Denis Ulanov. The announcement was made by Speaker Zinaida Grechanyi in the March 19 sitting of Parliament, who said that she had a meeting with Alexandr Stoianoglo, IPN reports.
Zinaida Grechanyi read the prosecutor’s application, saying the request to lift the immunity of Petru Jardan is made so that the MP could be arrested, searched and brought to justice. No other details were provided.
In the second case, the request to lift the immunity of Denis Ulanov is made so that the MP could be arrested, searched and brought to justice. The application makes reference to the commission of offenses stipulated in Articles 30, 33, 190 and 243 of the Penal Code, namely Continuous Offense, Multiple Offenses, Swindle and Money Laundering.
Zinaida Grechanyi said the applications and materials will be remitted to the Parliament’s commission on appointments and immunities, which is to invite the prosecutor general and the two MPs. The commission will examine the materials on March 20 and on March 22 it will submit its proposals to the Standing Bureau that will be convened the same day.
As a result of this announcement, Denis Ulanov said that in 2020, through televised justice, he was accused of involvement in the bank fraud and he not only once asked the prosecutor general to invite him for being questioned over any aspect. But this didn’t happen. He has ties with the so-called bank fraud only through his position as lawyer for Ilan Shor.
Denis Ulanov noted he does not stick to parliamentary immunity, but does not understand how the prosecutor general managed already to determine his involvements and blame and made such statements without even questioning him. “As to arrest, searches, I will not comment on this,” he stated.
He also said that these events followed the fielding of candidates for Prime Minister and he thinks particular votes of MP could hamper someone. He does not have what to hide and he will himself vote for the lifting of his immunity and he asked his colleagues to do the same and obey all the procedures.
