The meeting of the High Council of Prosecutors (CSP) has been postponed indefinitely for lack of quorum, after only 4 out of 12 members showed up today.
Notably, today the Council intended to launch the process of selecting a Prosecutor General and in the meantime nominate candidates for the President to appoint an Acting Prosecutor General.
Among those who showed up were two of the three interim PG hopefuls. The three applicants are the former Chief Anti-corruption Prosecutor Viorel Morari, lawyer Anatolie Istrate, and prosecuting attorney Viorel Radețchi.
President Igor Dodon took to Facebook to express his frustration, noting that a recent legislative amendment explicitly gives to Parliament the prerogative of selecting candidates for Acting Prosecutor General before proposing them to the President. “I ask Parliament to propose candidates until July 31 the latest, so that I can appoint an Acting Prosecutor General no later than August 1,” wrote Igor Dodon.
On Thursday, Prime Minister Maia Sandu said that “some CSP members are trying to initiate the selection process by the old rules so that they can choose someone the likes of a Harunjen or Popa”, but “the government will take strong steps to ensure that justice is carried out according to law, in the interest of the people and not in some narrow party or clan interests.”
