Lawyer Ilie Rotaru, who represents the Association of Victims of Justice, accuses the judges and prosecutors of starting criminal cases by order. In a news conference at IPN, the lawyer said that these cases are opened in order to dispossess people of property or of forcing them to pay large amounts of money for being freed from arrest.
“In Moldova, which wants to form part of the EU, the prosecutors have a secret plan concerning criminal cases. In order to fulfill this plan, in concert with prosecution officers, they manufacture criminal cases, violating the rights of defendants,” stated Ilie Rotaru.
According to the lawyer, these cases are examined in only several days. The prosecutors and judges employ a scheme. Initially, they charge the person. The next day the investigation is closed and the indictment is presented. Immediately after the prosecutor obtains the signatures of the defense and their client, he sends the case to court, where the judges usually convict the accused. “In about 10 cases in which I take part, the prosecutors and judges ignored the legal provisions. Foreign citizens are held in Moldovan jails with the aim of dispossessing them of property or of making them pay large sums of money,” he stated.
Ilie Rotaru also said that he sent a letter to all the state institutions and to international organizations, where he describes the situation and asks taking measures to stop the wrongdoings of the prosecutors and judges. He hasn’t received an answer yet. He also asked for audition at the Supreme Council of Magistrates in order to inform it about the violations committed by judges, but met with refusal.
Oleg Chirvas, who worked at the State Ecological Inspectorate in 2009, told the same news conference that the prosecutors started a criminal case against him over swindle. He owns several buildings and the criminal case against him was opened with the aim of making him offer bribe. Initially, he was sentenced to seven years in jail, but the Supreme Court of Justice later ordered setting him free.
