The Superior Council of Prosecutors has instructed the General Prosecutor’s Office to designate a prosecutor to look into the allegations made by Interior Minister Andrei Năstase that the former Prosecutor General Eduard Harunjen may have been involved in “usurpation of state power”.

At the same time, the SCP decided to reject the part of Năstase’s complaint alleging that Harunjen may have also engaged in abuse of office, obstruction of justice, and passive corruption.

Also in response to Năstase’s request, the SCP said it didn’t have the authority to formally acknowledge, and hear witnesses with respect to, Parliament’s declaration on the “captured state” and the “usurpation of state power” by PDM and its former leader Vladimir Plahotniuc. 

Meanwhile, Harunjen resigned today. While citing health reasons in his formal notice, he also declared in a public letter that he hoped his resignation would “put an end to the ferocious attacks against the Prosecutor General’s Office” by the current government.