A prosecution task-force has been set up to assist Victor Furtună in investigating the allegations of abuse of office and corruption against Prosecutor General Alexandr Stoianoglo, IPN reports.
The task-force has been created “given the complexity and public interest of this case”, the Prosecutor General’s Office said in a press release.
The acting Prosecutor General cannot be involved in leading or conducting the case, says the PGO, but he has a duty to make sure the prosecutor assigned to the case has all the conditions to conduct an exhaustive and fair investigation in conformity with the law.
Victor Furtună, the head of the task-force, will also be the one responsible for communicating with the public.
Arrested and suspended from office on Tuesday, Alexandr Stoianoglo is being investigated on criminal charges of abuse of office, bribery, perjury and facilitation of an organized criminal group. Proceedings were started on a complaint submitted by PAS lawmaker Lilian Carp, who alleged among other things that Stoianoglo, while being an MP, promoted legislation that facilitated the Moldovan part of the infamous Russian Laundromat.
