The leader of the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) Maia Sandu, who runs for President, said that judges who laundered billions of dollars through Moldova are now reinstated in posts by Dodon’s judiciary. According to her, the thieves feel encouraged, the mafia feels in power, the bandits feel protected. The reaction comes after the Superior Council of Magistracy (SCM) on October 27 reinstated in their posts five judges who were suspended following their investigation in the case of Laundromat. Later the charges against them were dropped, IPN reports.

“The wrongdoings and dishonesty in Dodon’s judiciary seem endless. After dangerous criminals were set free from jails ahead of time, the killers were acquitted, today five of the judges who took part in the Russian money laundering scheme (so-called Laundromat through which tens of billions of US dollars were laundered through Moldova) were reinstated. Instead of being held accountable, those judges will receive compensations of millions of lei. Each of them will get by at least 1.2 million lei (about 7m in total). This money will be paid by us for the illegalities committed by Dodon’s judiciary,” Maia Sandu posted on Facebook.

According to her, this injustice can no longer be tolerated and it’s time to name honest and professional people as judges and prosecutors. “We must get rid of corrupt persons and thieves as soon as possible, until we have who to rebuild this country with. On November 1, we should go and vote so as to correct the injustice,” said the candidate.

The SCM’s decision comes several days after the press reported that the Anticorruption Prosecutor’s Office decided to drop the charges against the judges investigated for collusion in the Laundromat case. The ordinances were made in September, but the prosecution bodies didn’t make the decisions public.