Moldovan MPs elect new ombudsman

14:45 | 03.04.2015 Category: Social

Chisinau, 3 April /MOLDPRES/ - The parliament today appointed Mihai Cotorobai as ombudsman for a seven-year mandate. Seventy one MPs voted for his candidacy.

After appointment to office, Cotorobai took the oath in the parliament. Mihai Cotorobai is a lawyer. He was MP in the Moldovan parliament and held the office of judge of the Constitutional Court.

At the same time, the MPs did not back the candidacy of Jana Costachi for the office of Ombudsman for Protection of Child’s Rights. A new procedure to select candidates for this post is to be initiated.

(Reporter N. Sandu, Editor L. Alcaza)

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