Greater Middle East (bbabo.net), - After the already conducted mass searches, the employees of the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Moldova today, on October 20, again came to the offices of the Shor party. As a result, eight people were detained, said the head of the department, Veronika Dragalin.
She added that 55 searches were carried out across the country and 20 black bags with a white label with the name of the districts were seized. They contained 3.5 million lei (approximately $180,000).
“The judges authorized visual tracking, photographic recording, receiving and transferring money under control. Within a few months, individuals were identified who were distributing cash to people throughout Moldova, ”Dragalin said.
Recall that the opposition parliamentary party Shor in Moldova has been leading people to protests of thousands of people for more than a month, demanding the resignation of the government, early presidential and parliamentary elections. At a rally last Sunday, they announced the creation of the National Salvation Committee (CNS) of Moldova from the dictatorial regime of Sandu and its ruling Action and Solidarity party, which turned Moldova into a police state.
The reaction to what happened today was made by the chairman of the party "Shor" Ilan Shor. In his video message (Shor is accused of bank fraud, he is hiding in Israel), the party leader said that the President of the Republic, Maia Sandu, is “madly afraid of anti-government protests” and is doing everything possible to suppress them and prevent people from getting social justice. He promised that the performance will continue, and their mass character will increase. At the same time, he does not deny that he paid for his protesting supporters travel to Chisinau and meals.
“In addition to the fear of protests, with such actions, the current government is trying to take away the last piece of bread from people, take away from them the opportunity to even get to anti-government demonstrations. This will not stop us, Maia Sandu, and we will still ensure that you leave this country, fair, democratic early elections will take place in Moldova, and we will be able to build a country in which every citizen will live well, warmly and comfortably ", - concluded Ilan Shor.
Recall, Maia Sandu claims that behind the protests of citizens dissatisfied with the social policy are “pro-Russian criminal groups” who oppose the European choice of the Republic of Moldova, and promised to “severely punish the traitors to the motherland”. At her request, the police tightened measures against dissenters, dispersing a protest rally in the center of the capital and, despite the indignation of human rights activists, forcibly dismantled the "City of Change" tent, which the protesters had set up near the parliament building. In turn, the government introduced a restriction on holding rallies and marches during the current state of emergency in the country.
As bbabo.net reported, on July 19, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Moldova initiated a criminal case against the chairman of the Shor party faction, Marina Tauber, on charges of illegal financing and forgery of financial statements. She was stripped of her parliamentary immunity and placed in SIZO No. 13 in Chisinau, where she was held for a total of 54 days. At this time, 97 searches were carried out at the party's offices in 25 districts of the country, and the Central Election Commission decided to deprive Shor of state subsidies for six months.
Tauber's lawyers challenged the decision of the Appeals Chamber to extend her detention in the pre-trial detention center and on September 14 she was placed under house arrest from the Detention Center. On October 18, the court transferred her to judicial control. Tauber has always stressed that she does not admit her guilt, considers what is happening to be political persecution of the opposition.
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