Igor Dodon. Archive photoCHISINAU, May 25.The detained ex-president of Moldova Igor Dodon called on his associates in the opposition Socialist Party to support popular anti-government protests to overthrow the government, he conveyed the corresponding message through his lawyers. hours. The ex-president is suspected of passive corruption, illegal enrichment, financing the party through a criminal organization and betrayal of the motherland.
"Citizens are outraged by the chain crises, they do not want Moldova to become a participant in a military conflict, and they are ready to protest en masse to demand an end to these "abnormal times" and get things back on track. I am sure that my colleagues in the Party of Socialists will be able to support the demands and indignation of citizens", Dodon says in a message published on his Telegram channel.
He expressed confidence that the opposition will put in place and «eliminate if this will be demanded by the citizens destroying the regime of Moldova» of the ruling party «Action and Solidarity». The ex-president called on the Socialist Party to prove that they are the most important political force within the country that hears the voice of the people. 2022/05/84215a5f3d9f6db1eded63bcae9da387.jpg» />The Moldovan opposition called the case against Dodon custom Dodon also stressed that he could give explanations for each element of the criminal case, which would remove all suspicions against him. «This political case is sewn with yellow threads. And I am sure that a fair and politically independent court will recognize my case,» he said. such «outrages». In 2020, former MP Iurie Renita published a video of Dodon's meeting with one of the richest businessmen in Moldova and the leader of the Democratic Party, Vladimir Plahotniuc, and his deputy, Sergei Yaralov, in June 2019. These frames show how Plahotniuc handed over to the head of state a package, according to Renita, with a large amount of money.The action in support of Dodon ended with demands for Sandu's resignationIn June 2020, the Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office announced that it had found no signs of a crime and refused to initiate a case against Dodon. This decision was supported by the court of Chisinau, but the Court of Appeal overturned the decision of the court of first instance. Plahotniuc himself in Moldova is accused of money laundering, illegal enrichment and withdrawal of a billion dollars from the banking system. In June 2019, a few days after a videotaped meeting with Dodon, he illegally left the republic. The court in Chisinau issued a warrant for Plahotniuc's arrest in absentia several times, the Moldovan prosecutor's office insists on his extradition. In Russia, the Moldovan oligarch was arrested in absentia in November 2017 and put on the international wanted list in the attempted murder case. In addition, in April 2020, Plahotniuc and another Moldovan politician, Renato Usatom, were charged in absentia with the withdrawal of 500 billion rubles from Russia. A video of the detention of the former President of Moldova Dodon appeared on the Web