The Chisinau Court of Appeal overturned the local court’s decision not to start proceedings against Igor Dodon.
Moldova’s General Prosecutor’s Office has opened a criminal case on suspected corruption in connection with the video recording of a meeting between the country’s former president Igor Dodon and former Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc. This was reported yesterday by NewsMaker.
“The acting prosecutor general has ordered the launch of a criminal prosecution because of video recordings that appeared in public space in the summer of 2019,” said Mariana Kerpek, a representative of the supervisory authority.
It is learned that in May 2020, former MP Iurie Renita showed reporters a video in which then Democratic Party leader Vladimir Plahotniuc and his deputy Sergei Yaralov “handed the package to President Igor Dodon.”
This video is a fragment of the recording of the negotiations conducted by Dodon and Plahotniuc in 2019. According to Renice, there is a large amount of money in this package.
At the end of June 2020, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office announced that it would not start a criminal case based on the video recordings, and noted that during the inspection it did not reveal “elements of a crime.” They also promised to continue the review if the prosecutor’s office is provided with more specific information or more solid evidence in the future.
But this week, the Chisinau Court of Appeal overturned the local court’s decision not to start a case against Dodon and the order of former deputy chairman of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, Vasily Levitsky.
It will be recalled that in December 2020, Igor Dodon became a suspect in involvement in the theft of $ 12 million in the Energocom case. After the interrogation, the former president promised not to “run” and assured that he was willing to cooperate with the investigation.
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Source: korrespondent
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