It is five years of the April 2009 mass disorder and public building devastation, but those events haven’t been yet elucidated. Presenting in Parliament a report on the investigation of the circumstances that led to those violent events, Prosecutor General Corneliu Gurin said that over 1,500 persons are being questioned, including government officials, IPN reports.

A number of 102 criminal cases were started over the destruction of the Parliament Building and Presidential Office and over hooliganism. Of them, 31 cases involving 43 persons were sent to court. The courts passed 18 sentences concerning mass disorder and thefts against 27 persons. There were started 71 criminal cases over use of torture, misuse of authority and abuse of power. As a result, 29 police officers were convicted.

Ion Perju, who was accused of abuse of power and intentional causing of bodily injuries that resulted in the death of Valeriu Boboc, was acquitted. Among those who were acquitted were also former Minister of the Interior Gheorghe Papuc and former commissioner of Chisinau Vladimir Botnari, who were accused of professional negligence. In all the three cases the prosecutors appealed the decisions to a higher court. The case of former vice commissioner of Chisinau Iacob Gumenita is still being examined.

Corneliu Gurin said the Prosecutor General’s Office asked withdrawing the parliamentary immunity of former President Vladimir Voronin so that he could be investigated, but the Parliament’s legal commission rejected the request.

Asked about the original of the Declaration of Independence, the prosecutor general said that it was destroyed in the safe during the fire. The safe didn’t have an anti-fire system and melted as a result of the high temperatures.

“The events of April 2009 will be a lesson for everyone”, said Corneliu Gurin. According to him, the investigation is slow because many of the proofs had been destroyed.