{"id":447892,"date":"2020-01-13T06:26:13","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T06:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=447892"},"modified":"2020-01-13T19:07:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T19:07:42","slug":"former-head-of-the-anti-corruption-prosecutors-office-is-under-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/former-head-of-the-anti-corruption-prosecutors-office-is-under-arrest\/","title":{"rendered":"Former head of the Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office is under arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Viorel Morari<\/strong>, former head of the Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office, was detained for a period of 20 days, in addition to initial 72 hours. A criminal case related to forgery of administrative documents and abuse of power\u00a0<\/span>was filed, on December 26, against him,\u00a0based on\u00a0notification documents registered with the General Prosecutor’s Office, as it is announced in a press release\u00a0<\/a>of the General Prosecutor’s Office.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

On January 10, 2020, Viorel Morari was recognised as a suspect<\/strong> in the criminal investigation, he was detained and was to be involved in hearings related to the case.<\/p>\n

” Viorel Morari is suspected that, in March 2017, he received from Vladimir Plahotniuc a complaint that was registered against the legal requirements, filing a criminal case and subsequently criminal prosecution, and falsifying several procedural documents within the criminal case. All of these actions were performed to protect the interests of his own and those of his complainant, the latter being involved as a suspect in a criminal case regarding the bank fraud, as well as obstructing the fast, complete and objective investigation of this criminal case,\u201d<\/em> it is mentioned in the press release.<\/p>\n

In the criminal prosecution, Viorel Morari did not admit the commission of the crimes he is suspected of and, at this stage, does not cooperate with the investigation.<\/p>\n

Morari was temporarily removed from office, at the beginning of December, during an internal control of prosecutors initiated by the new Prosecutor General Alexandru Stoianoglo<\/strong>. The decision to perform the controls was issued after Viorel Morari’s announcement of resuming the investigation into the Russian financing of the Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n

Former head of the Anti-corruption Prosecutor’s Office told journalists that he does not exclude that the investigation would be related to the case on financing the socialists. Morari does not exclude that the general prosecutor, Alexandr Stoianoglo, would be connected to President Igor Dodon, and that he would like to see him detained, taking into account certain information Morari knows.<\/p>\n

In a public message, head of the Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova, Peter Michalko, stated that the EU institutions closely monitor what happens in prosecution in Moldova.<\/p>\n

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