After a year without progress, Stoianoglo again promises concrete results in the case of the theft of the billion: “I inherited the file from my predecessors, who for five years mimicked the investigation”

“Unfortunately, there is a lot of speculation around this file. Someone is trying to create the perception that for a year nothing essential has been done, that no one is being held accountable and that the money is not being returned to the state. However, they forget to mention that I inherited the file from my predecessors, who for five years mimicked the investigation. For a year I overturned the arrangements made for five years, which intentionally led to the wrong track to move away from the real organizers, executors and beneficiaries of bank fraud, “said Alexandr Stoianoglo today in a meeting in which he presented its activity report for 2020.

“I am no longer talking about the apathy and unwillingness of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) to contribute to investigations, as well as total indifference, and sometimes the dubious interest of the courts to block our criminal proceedings on this case. Namely for the investigation of this criminal case, the General Prosecutor’s Office was subjected to unprecedented pressures and criticisms, according to which we returned in the 90s or we had connections with certain extras in the case. We have come to the point that some prosecutors responsible for investigating this case have been targeted by former police decision-makers, who are currently serving the interests of a prominent figure on the case. If we say things by name, then investigating the theft of the billion is a real war. A war with the extras in the case, with their lawyers, with the NBM and the courts “, the quoted source mentions.

2021 will be a decisive one for elucidating the case. Most of the episodes will be completed and sent to court, after which the process of prosecuting the guilty and recovering the damages will depend on the performance of the courts”.

“If we refer to the case” theft of the billion “, then no procedural action in which we would have depended on the magistrates did not pass without a minimum blockade from them. Artificial delays in examining prosecutors’ approaches and taking clearly illegal decisions are among the most common impediments in this regard. We have reached the stage where the judges annul the prosecutors’ orders to start the criminal investigation, to put the persons under accusation. They impose it on us All these actions represent a direct interference in the activity of the Prosecutor’s Office and the criminal investigation body in order to obstruct the investigation, but only when the interests of specific persons are targeted: Plahotniuc, Șor and their entourage “, complained Stoianoglo.

“It is obvious that, with the creation of the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry, this case acquired a political connotation. The parliamentary inquiry was largely limited to the request for the materials in the file, which was inadmissible and illegal. It is clear that the commission’s work pursued two things: political PR and diverting society’s attention from investigating bank fraud. For the citizens, I want to specify that, beyond the politico-populist statements such as that the Prosecutor’s Office intends to classify the file “Laundromat”, our investigations are ongoing and will continue until all the circumstances are established “, Stoianoglo pointed out.

“Unfortunately, I do not have good things to say about the activity of the general prosecutor, after a year. There is a lack of performance, as I see it, said Maia Sandu.

Mr. Stoianoglo, I never had expectations of you. Even in the first days I had no expectations. But there are good people who have hoped. Do you know that you are a disappointment even to those who have had hope in you? A year has passed. Nothing. In a year you may not complete all the resonance files, but there is enough time to show what you are built of. You obstruct the investigation of resonance cases more than you help them. That makes you an accomplice, Mr. Stoianoglo. You are deserted inside, Mr. Stoianoglo. Look who praises you – some crooks and impostors. Look at who you disappoint – those who have not stolen anything in their lives. This simple exercise will help you understand who you work for. Moldova is the most corrupt country in Europe because of people like you, Mr. Stoianoglo. People who have a mission to fight thieves, but they don’t, or they do it selectively. That’s the side of corruption. When you have to fight thieves, but you don’t. To do nothing in such a position means to be on the side of evil, Mr. Stoianoglo. I’m not going to call you a thief because I have no reason. What is certain is that you are on the side of thieves. Thieves feel extremely comfortable and safe with such an attorney general as you. That’s why you were put in this position by Chief Dodon. Go away, said the deputy.