Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The lawyer of the mayor Evghenia Gutul, Sergiu Moraru, qualified the decision of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the first instance sentence, as illegal and announced that he will…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Irina Botu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ipn_moldova\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ipn_moldova\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Irina Botu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Irina Botu\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b\"},\"headline\":\"Evghenia Gutul’s defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":172,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/sergiu-moraru.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Avocat\",\"Contestare\",\"CSJ\",\"Curtea de Apel\",\"Evghenia Gutul\",\"sentinta\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/\",\"name\":\"Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/sergiu-moraru.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/sergiu-moraru.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/09\\\/sergiu-moraru.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Evghenia Gutul’s defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/\",\"name\":\"ipn.md\",\"description\":\"Agen\u0163ie de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"IPN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/ipn.md\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/ipn_moldova\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/ru\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b\",\"name\":\"Irina Botu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Irina Botu\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ipn.md\\\/en\\\/author\\\/irina-botu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md","og_description":"The lawyer of the mayor Evghenia Gutul, Sergiu Moraru, qualified the decision of the Court of Appeal, which upheld the first instance sentence, as illegal and announced that he will…","og_url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/","og_site_name":"ipn.md","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md","article_published_time":"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":853,"url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Irina Botu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ipn_moldova","twitter_site":"@ipn_moldova","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Irina Botu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/"},"author":{"name":"Irina Botu","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/person\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b"},"headline":"Evghenia Gutul’s defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ","datePublished":"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/"},"wordCount":172,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg","keywords":["Avocat","Contestare","CSJ","Curtea de Apel","Evghenia Gutul","sentinta"],"articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/","name":"Evghenia Gutul's defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ - ipn.md","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-28T12:52:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-28T13:15:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sergiu-moraru.jpg","width":1280,"height":853},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Evghenia Gutul’s defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/","name":"ipn.md","description":"Agen\u0163ie de pres\u0103 independent\u0103","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization"},"alternateName":"IPN","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#organization","name":"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/photo_2025-02-05_10-45-59.jpg","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"IPN - Agen\u0163ia de pres\u0103 independent\u0103"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ipn.md","https:\/\/x.com\/ipn_moldova"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/ru\/#\/schema\/person\/91b112937451d26b4d1edb0a02f90b4b","name":"Irina Botu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fbf8985cdb70997c2803caa74a2eb92b0256ad6eef5bbc1f643d25d1a978dc51?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Irina Botu"},"url":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/author\/irina-botu\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/100"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":444704,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444703\/revisions\/444704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

{"id":444703,"date":"2026-05-28T15:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:15:26","slug":"evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/evghenia-gutuls-defense-will-appeal-the-decision-of-the-court-of-appeal-at-the-scj\/","title":{"rendered":"Evghenia Gutul’s defense will appeal the decision of the Court of Appeal at the SCJ"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“We will challenge this decision at the Supreme Court of Justice and we will exhaust all domestic remedies provided by law to demonstrate that the decisions adopted are clearly illegal, and that Ms. Gutul is not guilty”, said Sergiu Moraru after the decision was pronounced.<\/p>\n\n

The defense attorney claims that Evghenia Gutul is “a political prisoner” and accused the authorities of using this case to instill fear in society and to create the perception that any connection with the former Shor party is illegal.<\/p>\n\n

The Central Court of Appeal upheld<\/a> the first instance decision on Thursday, by which Bashkana Evghenia Gutul and Svetlana Popan were sentenced on August 5, 2025 to seven and six years in prison, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"