The Government has decided to create a Coordination Council and an Advisory Bureau on anti-corruption and justice reform policy, both accountable to the Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Maia Sandu said that the decision was prompted by the Declaration on the recognition of the captive character of the state of the Republic of Moldova, recently adopted by the Parliament. "In view of the fact that the Parliament, in its Declaration, denounced the illegal and unconstitutional control exercised over the Prosecutor General's Office, the judiciary, CNA and ANI, the Government has the obligation to actively participate in the drafting and promotion of legislation that aims to release from capture these institutions and to rehabilitate them from a legal point of view”, declared Maia Sandu.
The Coordination Council for anticorruption policies and justice reform will monitor the situation and will advise the prime minister. Additionally, the Council will provide the government with expertise regarding the elaboration of draft policies and normative acts in the anti-corruption field, in order to combat money laundering and to modernize the prosecution system and the judicial system.
The Advisory Bureau on anticorruption policies and justice reform will be composed of international and national experts and will monitor the elaboration and implementation of policy and reforms in the field of corruption combating and prevention, as well as in the field of justice.