The Superior Council of Prosecutors (SCP) initiated the competition for the selection of the candidate for the position of chief prosecutor of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office (APO). The decision was approved at Thursday's meeting, IPN reports.

SCP member Mariana Cherpec said that people who have at least 10 years of professional experience in the field of law, obtained in the jurisdiction of the Republic of Moldova or foreign jurisdictions, including in international organizations, of which at least four years in the position of judge, prosecutor, lawyer or criminal investigation officer, can apply to take part in the competition. The candidates must have appropriate managerial skills and, during the last three years before the announcement of the contest, must not have been party members or must not have carried out political activities.

The files can be submitted by May 5, 2025, 05:00 p.m.

The contest to fill the post of the head of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office was initiated following the approval of the draft law that provides for the liquidation of the institution, together with the Prosecutor's Office for Crime and Special Cases (PCCOCS), and the creation of the Anticorruption and Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office. The initiative was accepted by the Cabinet and Parliament in the first reading and will be given a final reading. According to the authors of the bill, the initiative comes to strengthen efforts to combat corruption and organized crime by bringing together competences in a unified specialized institution.

Currently, the position of APO chief is held on an interim basis by Marcel Dumbravan. He was appointed as a result of the resignation of Veronica Dragalin, who invoked her wish to stop the liquidation of the Anticorruption Prosecutor's Office and that of the PCCOCS.