Igor Kiriak
The amendment was authored by PAS deputy Igor Kyriac
“We want Moldovan citizens to trust justice. At the same time, we aspire to become members of the EU, and for this we must have a working justice system. We want economic development, so that businessmen come to invest in Moldova, and for this we need a reform of the judicial system,” he said.
Former MP Olesia Stamate recalls that the rule according to which the members of the vetting commission are elected by a 3/5 majority was not introduced into the law by chance:
“It was discussed for a long time with the Venice Commission precisely in order to ensure compromise between parliamentary parties and avoid a situation when these commissions are under the control of the political majority”.
Joint appeal to the Constitutional Court
Opposition parties said they would challenge the legality of the PAS decision in the Constitutional Court
“When for the sake of a highly controversial candidate, rejected earlier by a parliamentary vote, the law is changed and the number of votes required for his election is reduced, there can be only one conclusion – it is a mockery and lack of basic respect for citizens, the state and the Constitution,” said Ion Kiku, a deputy of the Alternative bloc.
“Spanish Shame.”
“Our Party” MP Alexander Berlinski said he feels “Spanish shame” because of what happened in parliament:
“Yesterday, secretly, an amendment to the bill was registered, which has nothing to do with the vetting of judges. They are trying to get Hermann von Hebel through in this way, quietly”.
Many have compared this situation to the period when President Igor Dodon was suspended by the Constitutional Court so that the parliamentary majority could make decisions with which the head of state disagreed. This period in Moldovan politics is often referred to as the time of the “captured state”.
We shall remind you that Hermann von Hebel was the chairman of the commission for the prevetting of judges. His name is associated with several scandals, including in the Hague Court, which he, however, rejected.
