Stoyangolo said the Sandu regime used the prosecutor's office to mop up the opposition

The Moldovan authorities - President Maia Sandu and the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) - use the prosecutor's office to "mop up" their opponents. The former prosecutor general of the republic, Alexandru Stoianoglo, said this in his Telegram channel on February 4.

The message says that the Moldovan government starts reforms in the prosecutor's office "not when it is rotten, but when the authorities fear that they no longer control it."

"Ten reforms in 33 years. The result? The same methods, new beneficiaries. And every time the same scheme: we change bosses, shuffle cases, use incorruptibility as a screen for mop-ups," he said.

"If the first reforms were about 'freedom', the next ones are about 'subordination'. Each government rewrote the rules to suit itself - deciding who to cover up and who to eliminate," Stoyangolo also noted.

He also said that now the situation is unfolding according to a similar scenario: undesirable prosecutors are removed, structures are "merged" and cases are "redistributed".

"The prosecutor's office remains a political tool. Loud promises - zero result. Obey or disappear," the politician concluded.

Russian embassy in Moldova points to Moscow's readiness for dialog with Chisinau

Earlier in the day in Moldova, the opposition demanded from the authorities to cancel sanctions against Russia. With such a statement was made by the former President of Moldova Igor Dodon.

In December 2024, Dodon said that the government that will be formed in the country after the parliamentary elections in 2025, will restore relations with Russia. He also promised to lift all sanctions that are not in Moldova's national interest, including the resumption of direct flights to Moscow and money transfers.

In October, Moldova held a referendum on the country's European integration and presidential elections among 11 candidates. Only nine of Moldova's 36 districts voted in favor of changing the constitution for the sake of EU accession, while in Gagauzia more than 90% of those who voted were against European integration. On 25 October, the Moldovan Central Electoral Commission recognized the referendum as valid and approved its final results